Successsful Greek counter-attack

3rd October 1940: The Greek Army surprises the Italian invaders ... and independent observers ... by forcing them into a retreat

Greek soldiers moving up to the front soon after the Italian invasion began.

There were few war correspondents in Greece as Italy mounted its invasion, and none were permitted to go to the front in the early days. But Leland Stowe¹, an American correspondent, was heading south from Rumania in a small car that struggled to get over the mountains. He encoun…