WAR ON CIVILIANS.
ITALIAN RAIDS ON CORFU.
WOMEN AND CHILDREN VICTIMS, (Received This Day, 11.20 a.m.) LONDON, December 4. It is officially stated that Italian air raids on.. undefended Greek towns and villages in the first month of the war killed 604 civilians and injured 1070. The Athens 'radio, commenting on the air raid casualty totals, says: “We are encouraged and sustained to bear the ordeal of modern totalitarian warfare by the proud, magnificent example of London, and her sister cities. Corfu -is the hardest hit among the defenceless towns. This beautiful old place'was severely damaged because there Fascist vandalism can be carried out in comparative safety. The famous fortifications, of which the Italians talk so much, installed in the 15th century 7, now only serve as # refuges for hundreds of homeless, huddling in the vaults. Wo hope to, capture the Italian air bases in Albania anrl the arrival of more eagerly awaited British planes will end Corfu’s agony.’’ The latest communique from the Greek Ministry of Public Security mentions three further raids on civilian populations. The majority of the victims'were women and infants.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 47, 5 December 1940, Page 5
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