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PowerThe Power PowerThe The sudden onslaught of the NazI NazItroops Nazitroops Nazitroop troops * on five frontsi fronts against againat Jugo- Jugo Jugoslavia Jugoslaviri - - - ilavia slavia slaviri and Greece came with terri territying tern terntying fying tying swiftness and in the early earlydays earlydays days of the conflict it was evident evidentthat evidentthat evidentthat that a delaying action was the most mostthat mostthat mostthat that the Greeks could offer otJer oiler and thai that thatthe thatthe the Jufoslavs Jugoslavs prepared mentallybut mentallybut mentally mentallybut but unprepared physically to resistcould resist . , could do little but harass the advance ad advance advance vance of the InvaderHungarian invaderHungarian invader invaderHungarian Hungarian troops were also or ordered ordered ordered dered to enter Jugoslavian territory territoryseparated territoryseparated territoryseparated separated from trom Hungary after the thewar thewar thewar war of 1914-K18 1914 K18 1914-1918 1918 1914K18Events 19141918Events 19141918Events - - Events moved swiftly awifUy In those fu-Btfew fu Btfew first firstfew firstfew - few day days Immediately trr the city of ofBelgrade ofBelgrade ofBeltrade Belgrade perilously penlously close to the theborder theborder theborder border and in the center of a plain plainwas plainwas plainwa was declared an open city and andthat andthat andthat that the Jugoslavs would not defendit defenditHowever del defend end it itHowever However the first act of the Nazibombers Nazi Nazibombers Nazibombers bombers was to deliver delver a series 01 of 01assaults ofassaults ofassaults assaults on Belgrade closely fol followed followed followed lowed by similar attacks on Sarajevo Sarajevo Sara Saramilitary jevo Nis Zagr Zagreb b and other points of ofmilitary ofmilitary military importance to the invadingarm/ invadingarm invadingarmThe Invading Invadingarm invadingarm arm arm/ arm / ! armThe The attack on Belgrade mayor mayormay may or ormay ormay may not ha have ve put the city entirely entirelyh h rs ra du combat but the immedIate immedIateeffect immediateeffect Immediateeffect effect was to shut off otJ oil all communi communicat communicat communicat cat on with the outside world andthat and andthat andthat that caused the reports of the earlyphases early earlyphases earlyphases phases of the new war to be frag fragmentary fragmentary fragmentary mentary and conflicting to the ut- ut utmost ut- ut utmost ut utmost - - most degreeOne degreeOne degree degreeOne One heard that the . Jugoslavs .Jugoslavs were wereInvad wereinvad wereinvad hadtaken had hadtaken hadtaken Invad n ng ( nclhbonne nelghbormg neighboring ( countries taken Flume Fiume were bombing bombmg Sofia Sofiaand Sofla- Sofla Sofia- Sofia Soflaand Sofiaand - and in the same breath the Germansclaimed Germans GermansI GermansclaImed Germansclaimed claImed the capture ot of Nis Nls the ra1 raz razIng razing : I Ing of 01 Belerade Belgrade the cuttinc cutting of vital vitalrailroad vitalrailroad vitalrailroad railroad lmesI lmesOnly lines lmes linesOnly I Only the British reports report-s report s - seemed seemedI seemedto withI with withthose withthose | to carry conviction toeether together I those from Athens The former pre pie prelatter preI pred pied d cted a general withdrawal and the thelatter thelatter I latter told t I low ow that withdrawal was wasbemg wasbeing wasbeing bemg being carried outlit out outI I outI I Hi 131 lit t I from thr the start It ( t had been ex cx expected cxpected expected pected by this country that Salonikawould Salonika SalonikaI Salonikawould Salonikawould would be defended and that theBritish the theBrltlsh theBritish I Brltlsh British had 150000 50000 150 ] 000 to 200000 200 000 troopsin troops troopsIin troopsin in U Ii at gei gel ger era oral I ! neighborhood helghborhood heighborhood and andwere andwere andI Iin were prepared to make a serious de defer defer defer fer se of the portThe portThei port portThci Thci Thei The 1 the Britsh Bnt Brit sh IIh ann unccd unced thatSal that thatSa thatSal Sa Sal I n k.t kt ki k . , m in ght fall and gave rise tothe to tothe tothe the general gpneral bel belef be ! rt ef that perhaps theBritish the theBntlsh theBritish Bntlsh British f rces were lot i ot it so numerous numerousor or so stror strut fi g as at first stated statedS S icldci iddei IddPlly ly came tI tie e word that the theBn theBritish ttrBritish Bn British tl h ha hal ) inly tnly ( n Iy 60 60000 000 to 90000 90000tro 00 90 000 000tro 000tro tro is I Is s on (10 10 ( tie tI e scene s SC ( ene and that theywere they theywere theywere of defense defenseready defenseready defenseready were in the tht " tfc sec 5CC nd rid line Une ready t veer to east or west 8S as 8Sthe asthe asthe the 8 s a tua tuall tuati II n den andedTh andedTh anded andedTh Th s a was the till ' answer to the dls dis dlspatches dispatches dispatches patches of the first few days whIch whIchdId whichdid whichdid dId not reveal the British in m contactwith contact contactwIth contactwith wIth the enemy at any point . Theywere They Theywere Theywere were in this tbls report , . , placed in thevicinity the thevicinity thevicinity vicinity of Katenne Katerine which put them themsomewhat themsomewhat themsomewhat somewhat In the center between two twomain twomain twomain main forces of GreeksClosely GreeksClosely Greeks GreeksClosely Closely following this dispatchcame dispatch dispatchcame dispatchcaine came caine a rep ( rt from Berlin cla cia mintthat mlng ming mlngthat mingthat that the r troops had entered Salonika SalonIka Salon SalonIka Ika and from Athens itself Itsel1 ltself came the thefollowing thefollowing thefollowing following terse yet disqu dlsqu eting etlng re- re report re- re report re report - - port portThe The German bl hI tz has slltt s si lit Greek Greekrorces Greekforces Greekforces rorces forces in two t\\O t O to \ w Lh tl1 iii a wedge dnven driven drivendown drivendown dnvendown down west 'I I ( ' f Siliiika Sll1lka Si , ! iika trapping trappmg unc un unc unC c mted inted Ih th sat sar ds of tro I is s a defendin defend defendIng defendjog Ing jog * ; the 1 I ne < ( f r the Truma riverR riverIt river riverK els cia of this report report.unpleasant reportunpleasant , . . K R It eht ght nth n " thi th " - . h unpleasnnt unpleasant to American Americans * who were werehop werehop werehop hop ng cc that the Nnz.1 Nnz1 NazI . attack on northern north northI northern northfin ern fin Greece Grepce m ght < ht be halted helted h lted camethe came camethe camethe I the word fnm frm fr 1m London Germantr Germanti German Salonika Salonlka t f How Ilow llow itered llerpd tr ti- ti tiPS - ps DS have e I ' JALKRONV1ILF JAt.KRONVU JAtKRONVU JALKSONVII . LF Fla FlaA -A A - A Negro Negrostole Negrostole Negrostole stole a car and the police pollee knew the thecar thecar thecar and flpured figured he d soon soonrun soonrun soonrun car was gone run out of or gas and abandon it But Butthe Butthe Butthe moving movmg and was wal ! re- re reported reported re reported - - the car kept ported here there everywhereThey everywhere everywhereThey everywhereThey They couldn couldxi t I figure where he wasgetting wal was walgetting wasgetting ! getting gas money They foundUncle lound found loundUncle foundUncle providing The man manhad manhad manhad Uncle Sam was courtesycard card 1D hr 1Dthe hrthe inthe WPA courtesy had found a the car and was us using It to get getcreditto getcreditto getcredit 1DI I credit-to credit to - to buy : gas ing virtual evacuation of the portby port portby portby by Greek troopa troops British troops troopshave trOOPShave troopthave have not yet gone Into actionOne actionOne action actionOne One of the five fronts on which the theGermans theGermans theGerman aroundSkoplje around aroundSkoplje aroundSkoplje Germans * attacked wa was Skoplje In aouthwestem southwestern Jugollavia Jugoslavia Jugoslaviaa ! , a vital railroad link between theGreece-British theGreece British the theGreecoBritlsh theGreecoBritish Greeco-Britlsh Greeco Britlsh Greeco-British British - - - and Jugoslav Jugosav } forces forcesEarly forcesEarly torceaEarly Early In the conflict con1l1ct German panzer panzerdivisions panzerdivisions panzerdivision divisions * captured Skoplje Skoplie and anddrove anddrove anddrove drove a wedge through the Vardarvalley Vardar Vardarvalley Vardarvalley valley The " ' German Germans * reported taking tak talc taking talclag ing lag rnor more than 20 000 prl prisoners prltoners oner * inthis In Inthis inthis this action and radioed photograph photographs photographsshowing photographsshowing * howing showing long lines line * of 01 truckload truckloads * ot of otSerb ofSerb ofSerb Serb and Crotlan Crotian prisoner prisoners * going goingalong goingalong goingalong along mountain roads passing for forward forward forward ward moving movmg Nazi Nad divisions on theway thewaywhile the theway theway way wayWhile while the United State States * led byPresident by byPresident byPresident President Roorvelt Roosevelt s a promise promises * ofsympathy ofsympathy of ympathy sympathy and aid to Jugotlavia Jugoslavia and andGreece andGreece andGreece Greece during this thi * invasion inva lon , , was waswatching waswatching wa wawatching watching with anxiety and hope for forsome forSome ome some more favorable new news the genera gen general genera eral era ! tone of opinion opmlon opmion wa was that the thestory thestory story tory of Poland and Finland was wa be- be being betag be being - - ing tag rewritten before betore their eyes eyesAmericans eyesAmericans eye * American Americans * Interested In seeing seeingsomething seeingsomething seeingsomething something like this happen againscanned again againscanned againscanned scanned the news dispatches In vainfor vain vainfor vainfor for signs that the Nazi putsch wasbogging WdB was WdBboggmg wasbogging boggmg bogging downThe downThe down downThe The hock shock of the fall of Salonika Salonikawas Salonikawas Salonikawas was matched by the shock to learn learnthat learnthat learnthat that the British forces were relalively rela relatively ida idalively tively lively small but the tact fact that theywere they theywere theywere were in a reported aecend seccmd second linegave line linegave linegave gave Kome ftome some measure of hope to those thoseanxiously thoseanxiously thoseanxiously anxiously watching the defense thatI thatsomething thatsomething that thatsomething I something might happen when the theI thesecond thesecond thesecond second line Une was wa reached and went wentinto wentinto wentinto I into action actionrASCfSTSMove actionFASCISTS I r FASCISTS ASCf ' TS rASCfSTSMove FASCISTSMove lUove Move lU ove in lfl Africa Afnca AfricaThe The war was not riot only taking taklng a aNazi aNazi aNazi Nazi turn in Jugoslavia and Greece Greecebut Greecebut Greecebut but in northern Africa a as * well withcombined with withcombined withcombined combined Fascist Nazi troops defInltely def del definltely dellnitely inltely lnitely on the forward lorward move a againAs again againA ga In InAs As A * in a football game the British Britishhad Britishhad Britishhad had evidently lost the ball and andunless andunless andunless unless the Anzac Anzacs * could hold the theFascl theFascists theFascists Fascl Fascists ts for downs there mightbe might mightbe mightbe be a drive to a touchdown in Libya LibyaIt It was odd that the reports of theadvances the theadvances theadvances advances In irs Libya by the Italo Halo ItaloGerman HaloGerman ItaloGerman German forces should have coincd coincld coincded coinclded coincided ! ed with dispatches saying that Gen GenSIr GenSir GenSir SIr Archibald Wavell Waveli and lirge I'Irge IIrge ' numbcrs num numbers numbers bers of picked troops had beensent been beensent beensent sent to Greece GreeceWhether GreeceWhether GreeceWhether Whether this was true or m n < ( t could couldsot couldnot .ot ot sot . be learned but it if so 80 it was an anInteresting aninteresting aninteresting Interesting coincidence that the thebackward thebackward thebackward backward movement of or the Br tlsh tisli tlshIn tisliin fishin In Libya tallied In time with the rumor ru rumar rumor mar mor that Wavell was gone to anotherfield anotherfieldThe another anotherfleld anotherfield fleld field fleldThe fieldThe The British in their forward forwarddrive forwarddrive forwarddrive drive had gone past Sidi Sldl Barrani Barranl Bars-an Bars an - ! to toDerna toDerna toDema Derna and thence to Bengasi Bengasl the theLibyan theLibyan theLibyan Libyan capital Photos of Britishtroops British Britishtroops Britishtroops troops taking down street signs put put- putting putting putting - - ting up their own and other reportstended reports reportstended reportstended tended to the belief that Italy was wasknocked wasknocked wasknocked knocked out of the war in Africa Africaand Africaand Africaand and that It was all a1l over but the theshouting theshouting theshouting theshoutingSuddenly shouting shoutingSuddenly Suddenly Berlin Berhn reported a minorsuccess minor minorsuccess minorsuccess success on the Libyan front , . andthen and andthen andthen then with equal suddenness Britain Britainbegan Britainbegan Britainbegan began announcing that there would wouldbe wouldbe wouldbe be withdrawals that Wavell s srorces sforces sforces rorces forces would pick their own line of ofdefense ofdefense ofdefense defense and fall back to that thatCame thatCame . Came the fall rail of Bengasi Bengasl and thenthe then thenthe thenthe the tall fall fallor fallof of or Derna with the Britishstill British Britishstili Britishstill stili still back pedalling pedaIlmg pedallmg and flghting fighting a arear arear arear rear guard action all the way In InFrltrea InFillsen InFritrea Frltrea Fills-en Fills en - and ond Ethiopia however the theBritish theBritish theBritish British continued their successmaking success successmaking successmaking making mass maBS attacks on Masiauathe Massaua Massauathe Massauathe the sole remaining point ot 01 of |
