BRITISH LIONISED
CHEERING CROWDS IN
ATHENS
LONDON. April 6.
British, New Zealanders. and Australians were carried shoulder-high in the main streets of Athens by cheering crowds when the news of the German invasion spread through the city. Crowds of demonstrators cried: "We will win!" to the Greek King, who smiled and waved to them.
Half a dozen military bands appeared from nowhere and played "Tipperary," and crowds gathered outside the British, American, and Soviet legations, and gave cheers for Mr. Eden, President Roosevelt, and King George. The Prime Minister, M. Korizis, drove in an open car between lanes of shouting men and women.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 83, 8 April 1941, Page 7
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103BRITISH LIONISED Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 83, 8 April 1941, Page 7
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