Greeks fought Italians and won and after that excocting fight they had to fight Bulgaria Germany and Albanians! If Greeks had all the modern equipment im sure that they would have defeated all their enemies!
One thing you have to remember is that right now Germany is started to beginning to face manpower shortages, and running low on oil to fuel their war machine (tanks, trucks, planes, ships, factories, etc.). So the plan to invade Russia to get to their oil fields makes sense in context. The issue is that they're stretching themselves thin regardless.
I know this seems like a loss but consider this. Italians were ridiculed so they just kept throwing forces from Africa into Greece to no avail. Nazi Germany to save face had to come in delaying their plans in the Soviet union with manpower, oil, aircrafts and armored vehicles which would have been better utilized elsewhere. So the outcome of the war was heavily tipped through those decisions towards the allied forces. Greece was to be conquered easily considering the poor equipment and the economy at that point. This stall for the German plans meant winter in Russia. It meant morale for Russia, since such a small ill equipped nation could do so much the Red Army would be nigh impossible to overcome within the motherland. And the counteroffensive of the Red Army was FEROCIOUS. "I am sorry because I am getting old and I shall not live long to thank the Greek People, whose resistance decided WW II". - Joseph Stalin.
There some questions about Prime Minister's Korizis "suicide" though. Right before his suicide, he had a meeting with the King, where they had a vigorous disagreement. A few hours later, the right-handed PM Korizis shot himself twice in the heart by holding a pistol with his left hand. Imagine that. To make it more clear, it is infered heavilly that the PM was assassinated by the Crown with the support of the British.
By the time the army of Germany was fighting the Greek soldiers at Roupel the Greek government had already surrender Greece and the soldiers was fighting alone. When the German army enter Greece the Greek rebel army started to fight back.
As you will find out later on in these series, Greeks were the first country to form an opposition against German invaders and totally screw Hitler so much that he lost the war in Russia 😂
This campaign is an outstanding example of the difference in effectiveness between the Germans and the Italians. It is however a mistake to assume that the difference is simply the result of differences between Italian culture and German culture. In World War I for example the Italian Armed forces were a good deal more efficient than in World War II. The main reason for the difference was the incompetence and corruption of Mussolini's Fascist regime which very effectively made the Italian Armed forces distinctly less efficient with a whole slew of bad decisions and incompetence. Nazi Germany actually had a very good military. Although if one wants to talk about cultural differences between nations rather than the effects of idiot politics and politicians it should be noted that the German military was far far more likely to be efficient and relentless in carrying out atrocities and cooperating in genocidal crimes than the Italians in Europe. During the war German officers complained very often about Italian refusal to enforce "racial" laws, Their practice of protecting "racial" refugees etc. Italian lack of enthusiasm for carrying out mass murder bothered them to no end. The German Army in the east was up to it's eyeballs in atrocities and mass murder which appalled the Italians. Several Italian armies were stationed in 1942 in the east against Russia. Sometimes German officers would order Italian troops to shoot prisoners, (Almost always civilians, usually Jews). Very Often the Italians would let the prisoners escape, shot into the air and told the prisoners to get lost, or shoot a few to show the Germans and tell the rest to run away and sometimes tell the German officer in question to get stuffed. Yep the Italians were frequently very poor soldiers in World War II, sadly the Germans were not just good soldiers but far too efficient much of the time at not just fighting but at committing genocidal crimes. Some times efficiency just sucks!! Do watch the video about the battle of Crete it is one of the most extraordinary battles of the Second World War.
No doubt but they had a massive advantage over a country whose army was pretty much out of resources of any kind and most of it was fixed in position fighting in Albania.
Greeks fought Italians and won and after that excocting fight they had to fight Bulgaria Germany and Albanians! If Greeks had all the modern equipment im sure that they would have defeated all their enemies!
Germany suffering from back injury by carrying the weight of the team since 1914.
at least the greeks was resists!!
React also to the Battle of Crete 1941 that's also a part of this war
One thing you have to remember is that right now Germany is started to beginning to face manpower shortages, and running low on oil to fuel their war machine (tanks, trucks, planes, ships, factories, etc.). So the plan to invade Russia to get to their oil fields makes sense in context. The issue is that they're stretching themselves thin regardless.
I know this seems like a loss but consider this. Italians were ridiculed so they just kept throwing forces from Africa into Greece to no avail. Nazi Germany to save face had to come in delaying their plans in the Soviet union with manpower, oil, aircrafts and armored vehicles which would have been better utilized elsewhere. So the outcome of the war was heavily tipped through those decisions towards the allied forces. Greece was to be conquered easily considering the poor equipment and the economy at that point. This stall for the German plans meant winter in Russia. It meant morale for Russia, since such a small ill equipped nation could do so much the Red Army would be nigh impossible to overcome within the motherland. And the counteroffensive of the Red Army was FEROCIOUS.
"I am sorry because I am getting old and I shall not live long to thank the Greek People, whose resistance decided WW II". - Joseph Stalin.
There some questions about Prime Minister's Korizis "suicide" though. Right before his suicide, he had a meeting with the King, where they had a vigorous disagreement. A few hours later, the right-handed PM Korizis shot himself twice in the heart by holding a pistol with his left hand. Imagine that. To make it more clear, it is infered heavilly that the PM was assassinated by the Crown with the support of the British.
By the time the army of Germany was fighting the Greek soldiers at Roupel the Greek government had already surrender Greece and the soldiers was fighting alone. When the German army enter Greece the Greek rebel army started to fight back.
As you will find out later on in these series, Greeks were the first country to form an opposition against German invaders and totally screw Hitler so much that he lost the war in Russia 😂
You should probably react to the north African campaign as well as is largely forgotten about in North America but played a major part of the war
This campaign is an outstanding example of the difference in effectiveness between the Germans and the Italians. It is however a mistake to assume that the difference is simply the result of differences between Italian culture and German culture.
In World War I for example the Italian Armed forces were a good deal more efficient than in World War II. The main reason for the difference was the incompetence and corruption of Mussolini's Fascist regime which very effectively made the Italian Armed forces distinctly less efficient with a whole slew of bad decisions and incompetence.
Nazi Germany actually had a very good military. Although if one wants to talk about cultural differences between nations rather than the effects of idiot politics and politicians it should be noted that the German military was far far more likely to be efficient and relentless in carrying out atrocities and cooperating in genocidal crimes than the Italians in Europe.
During the war German officers complained very often about Italian refusal to enforce "racial" laws, Their practice of protecting "racial" refugees etc. Italian lack of enthusiasm for carrying out mass murder bothered them to no end.
The German Army in the east was up to it's eyeballs in atrocities and mass murder which appalled the Italians. Several Italian armies were stationed in 1942 in the east against Russia. Sometimes German officers would order Italian troops to shoot prisoners, (Almost always civilians, usually Jews). Very Often the Italians would let the prisoners escape, shot into the air and told the prisoners to get lost, or shoot a few to show the Germans and tell the rest to run away and sometimes tell the German officer in question to get stuffed. Yep the Italians were frequently very poor soldiers in World War II, sadly the Germans were not just good soldiers but far too efficient much of the time at not just fighting but at committing genocidal crimes. Some times efficiency just sucks!!
Do watch the video about the battle of Crete it is one of the most extraordinary battles of the Second World War.
But in terms of war crimes, Imperial Japan made Nazi Germany look like a baby.
No doubt but they had a massive advantage over a country whose army was pretty much out of resources of any kind and most of it was fixed in position fighting in Albania.
WE give them a hell of a last stand brother the best last stand in WW2 they lost many soldiers also lost all of their paratroopers at Crete gahahahaha