Tomorrow we begin with page 1, so here is the chapter cover today. Pictured is the Gorgopotamos viaduct which is the target of the whole Operation Harling, and what we’ve been working towards all this time!
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Fight to Win
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IT BEGINS!! We start with a documented interaction between Napoleon Zervas and C.M. Woodhouse, one of the SOE team that participated in the Harling Operation. He is, of course, a real historical person who has written many books on Greece[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We continue with this chat that Zervas is having with Woodhouse, which is basically the SOE introduction to Greek partisans. Velouhiotis was notorious about being suspicious of all “Great Powers” interventionism in Greece, which made him disliked by most authorities,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So, Aris’ men are moving to the village Mavrolithari where the units of the ELAS that will participate in the sabotaging will wait. This includes Andreas’ men with Fotis! They marched everywhere, which was a gruelling task for many reasons,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yes, ELAS partisans pretty much walked everywhere. Later on when they become more robust, they did on occasion ride to places (if they were high ranked). Right now though, they are operating on half a shoestring budget, if you like.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We are back! I’m so sorry for this unannounced little 2-week hiatus. I had to catch up with life and two new puppies among other things like hard deadlines in my work. But we’re back now! A small respite, a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So this chocolate, I found out, was pretty powerful in that it was chock-full of caffeine and chocolate, designed to help boost the soldier’s energy. I couldn’t pass this up as Fotis’ first introduction to coffee. XD The reference to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We continue with yet another historically documented dialogue between C.M. Woodhouse and Eddie Myers. Except for the comment about Fotis, of course XD Their personal worries and estimations were that the ELAS is severely underequipped with really young men/women. Their[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Chapter 8, page 8
.We continue with this conversation. It was the first real reported significant interaction between Aris Velouhiotis and the SOE mission leaders. Myers is heading Operation Harling and Woodhouse is the second in command, in essence. . Officially, General Zervas is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Chapter 8, page 9
Velouhiotis explains the morale and real stakes of this operation. This dialogue has been documented by eye witness accounts. In reality, there were a couple more people in the room, namely Aris’ second. Possibly, also someone from Napoleon Zervas, who[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…