| Description |
1 online resource (296 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, photographs |
| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface & Acknowledgments; Introduction; I: Prologue; II: The Metaxas Phase: 28 October 1940 to 29 January 1941; III: The Garden of Eden: 29 January 1941 to 4 March 1941; Illustrations; IV: Denouement and Disaster: 5 March 1941 to 26 April 1941; V: Conclusion; Notes; Bibliographical Comment; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y |
| Summary |
On October 28, 1940, the Italian army under Benito Mussolini invaded Greece. The British had insisted on guaranteeing Greek and Turkish neutrality, despite the fact that Greece was never more than a limited campaign in an unlimited war as far as they were concerned. The British, however, were never quite sure that Greece was not their last foothold in Europe, and they harbored dreams of holding on to this last bastion of civilization and of protecting it with a diplomatic and military alliance -- a Balkan bloc. These dreams bore little relation to military and economic realities, and so the st |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Greece.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain.
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Diplomatic history
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Diplomatic relations
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Military campaigns
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Greece
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Greece -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain
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| Subject |
Great Britain
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Greece
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
86009177 |
| ISBN |
9780813150505 |
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0813150507 |
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0813189128 |
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9780813189123 |
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