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…
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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…
And so it begins! The attack and sabotage of the Gorgopotamos bridge took place on November 25th, at 23:00. That was “time zero” for the entire operation. All accounts make a point of how the weather was absolutely ghastly, complete[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Chapter 8, page 25
So Fotis might be jumping the gun a bit. Next update will be on Monday, February 20th! But if you’re my patron you can see the next two pages right now and help me finish the chapter even faster!
Chapter 8, page 27
And Fotis has his message to run! Dialogue, as always, is authentic (except for Fotis’ part, in reality the leader of the reserves was there to receive them). I have to apologize for taking a week off unannounced, but last[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So Eddie and his team encounter a problem: the metal pillars of the bridge are different in structure than what they had planned for. This means they need different locations for their explosives in order to bring them down. Again,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So the limpet mines are being placed! It’s HAPPENING!! Or at least they hope! We see some of the names of the SOE demolition team, with as much faith to their likenesses as possible! We will be seeing some of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
THE BRIDGE IS DOWN! We’re still staying historically faithful to eyewitness accounts of what happened right after the successful sabotage of Gorgopotamos bridge. Many of the fighters that survived to the 80s and 90s gave interviews. They mentioned how after[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
For today, we got partying for our united Resistance of EDES and ELAS and SOE. It’s the crowning moment of awesome for the Greek Resistance, so they’re enjoying it. Anecdotal accounts from resistance fighters who were interviewed decades later as[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…