Greek Army surrenders to the Germans

21st April 1941: The Greeks refuse to surrender to the Italians but bow to the inevitable against the overwhelming might of the Wehrmacht and the Waffen SS

SS General Sepp Dietrich, the petrol station attendant who found a home in the Nazi military machine, with Greek Army officers in April 1941.

Dr Theodore Electris had been mobilised into the Greek Army on 1st November 1940, so it was just less than six months since he had begun his military service. His unit had traversed the mountains of northern Greece…