STRIPPING OF GREECE
GERMAN ARMY LIKE LOCUSTS ANYTHING BUT FRIENDLY WITH ITALIANS (Rec. 12.15 p.m..» London. July 28. A first hand account of how the German army stripped Greece before the Italians arrived was given to the “Daily Telegraph’s” Lisbon correspondent by Ralph Kent a member of the stair of the American College at Athens. "The Greeks aptly called the invaders locusts." lie said. "They rolled down the peninsula leaving nothing behind them. They even entered private gardens and counted the rows of vegetables and informed the owners that they were commandeered. I watched the Germans deal with a potato field near Athens. They dug the potatoes, cooked and canned them on the spot and dispatched them to Germany. “Technically the Germans bought everything but paid one-eighth of, the market price. Relations between the Italians and Germans were anything but friendly. The Italian occupying forces will find it! impossible to live on the country) after the German stripping.”—U.P.A, :
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 29 July 1941, Page 6
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