TURMOIL IN BALKANS
BIG PROBLEM FOR GERMS SEEKING TO DIVIDE GREEKS (Rec. 10 a.m.) RUGBY, Oct. 22. It may be assumed that the bombing of the main railways from Belgrade to Sofia and Salonika, which began \\\ the last few days, is connected with Field-Marshal Smuts's forecast of still further advance's, especially in southern and south-eastern Europe this winter. General Sir Maitland Wilson, broadcasting a special message to all Greeks, said Germany's last gamble in Greece was the weakening of the Greeks by internal quarrels. The collapse of Fascism in Italy had burdened Germany with a serious problem in the Balkans, especially Greece. Germany could not afford to withdraw troops from other fronts. She could only hope to remain in Greece if she could weaken the Greeks by internal quarrels. It was the responsibility of the Greeks to see that this gamble failed. General Wilson appealed to the Greeks to cease fratricidal strife and join the majority of the Greeks who were united against the common enemy. The Germans are believed to have some 20 divisions occupying the Balkans.
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Evening Star, Issue 25003, 23 October 1943, Page 5
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178TURMOIL IN BALKANS Evening Star, Issue 25003, 23 October 1943, Page 5
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