TURKS IMPRESSED
BRITISH STAND DELAYING ACTION NAZIS’ EASTERN AIMS (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. May 31, 9 a.m.) LONDON, May 30. The Istanbul correspondent of the British United Press says the Turks are increasingly impressed by the continued British resistance in Crete after eight days during which the Germans poured in everything possible from the Greek mainland. German sources in Istanbul expected Crete would be occupied in two days. I Turkish observers entertain little hope that the defence of Crete will ultimately be successful, but consider the battle important as a delaying action preventing the Germans going on to the next stage of the war, their penetration of the Middle East.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20569, 31 May 1941, Page 5
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