The Balkans 1940-41 (2): Hitler's Blitzkrieg Against Yugoslavia and Greece

by Pier Paolo Battistelli

In the wake of the failed Italian invasion of Greece in October 1940, plans were formed by the Wehrmacht High Command to seize the entire Greek mainland if necessary. Aware of the growing German threat, tens of thousands of British and ANZAC troops, and aircraft, were dispatched from Egypt in March 1941 to shore up the Greek defences. When a pro-Allied coup took power in Yugoslavia on 27 March, halting the country's accession to the Tripartite Pact,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472842618
• ISBN13: 9781472842619
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.2" x 9.6"