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Greece, the decade of war : occupation, resistance and civil war

Brewer, David 1932- (author.).

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ISBN: 9781780768540
ISBN: 1780768540
ISBN: 9781780768540
ISBN: 1780768540
Physical Description: print
x, 320 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of black and white plates : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Publisher: London ; New York, NY : 2016.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

1. Albanian Gateway to Greece -- 2. Mussolini's War on Greece -- 3. German Invasion -- 4. Battle for Crete -- 5. Occupation Begins -- 6. Hyperinflation and Starvation -- 7. Emergence of the Communists -- 8. Early Resistance -- 9. SOE, the Andártes and Gorgopótamos -- 10. Village and City -- 11. Destruction of the Jews -- 12. Fractured Resistance -- 13. Question of the King -- 14. Cairo Conference, August 1943 -- 15. Italian Armistice and the First Communist Offensive -- 16. Resistance in Crete -- 17. Upheaval in the Greek Government -- 18. Liberation -- 19. Towards Sunday 3 December 1944 -- 20. Battle for Athens -- 21. Dhamaskinós, Churchill and the Varkiza Agreement -- 22. The government, the Communists and the Elections -- 23. The Truman Doctrine -- 24. 1947 -- Civil War and American Involvement -- 25. Terror from Left and Right -- 26. The plight of the Greek Children -- 27. The Marshall Plan -- 28. The ending of the Civil War -- Epilogue.