Greece 1941

12th April 1941: A desperate rearguard action by Allied infantry as they face attack by an elite, experienced SS Panzer Division

Armoured cars of the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler advancing through Bulgaria en route to Greece in the Spring of 1941.

At the beginning of April 1941, Churchill sent Allied forces to support the Greeks against the Italians. The possibility, even probability, of German intervention was recognised, but the full implications of facing German panzers and a …