Mussolini's defeat at Hill 731, March 1941: how the Greeks halted Italy's Albanian offensive
Hill 731 was the scene of the most ferocious battle of the Greek-Italian War in Albania. Watched by Mussolini himself, on 9 March 1941 the Italians launched their Spring Offensive, designed to stem four months of humiliating reverses. The objective was a pair of parallel valleys dominated by the Gre...
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| Zusammenfassung: | Hill 731 was the scene of the most ferocious battle of the Greek-Italian War in Albania. Watched by Mussolini himself, on 9 March 1941 the Italians launched their Spring Offensive, designed to stem four months of humiliating reverses. The objective was a pair of parallel valleys dominated by the Greek-held Hill 731 that had to be taken at all costs. The Italian Eighth Corps, part of Geloso's 11th Army, had the task of seizing the heights, spearheaded by 38 (Puglie) Division. Holding the position was the Greek 1 Division of II Corps, with 4 and 6 Division on the flanks. For 17 days, after a massive artillery barrage (which reduced the hill’s height by 6 metres), the Italians threw themselves with great courage against the Evzones on the hill, to be repeatdly smashed with appalling losses. It was an Iwo Jima-type merciless fight at close quarters, where bayonets held the place of honour but the battered Greeks held. Mussolini had wanted a spring victory to impress the Fuehrer. Instead, the bloody debacle of Hill 731 could well have contributed to Hitler’s decision to postpone his invasion of Russia by at least four weeks, a costly delay |
| Beschreibung: | xvi, 219 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten, Portraits |
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Contents List ofIllustrations Prologue ix xi 1 Chapter 1 The Duce Takes a Look Chapter 2 The ‘Walkover’ 17 Chapter 3 ‘This mountain will be our grave’ 34 Chapter 4 First and second days 59 Chapter 5 Third day: Blackshirt blunder 81 Chapter 6 Fourth and fifth days: ‘My boys are gone!’ 95 Chapter 7 ‘We should call it off’ 113 Chapter 8 Exhaustion 127 Chapter 9 Requiem aeternam 146 Chapter 10 Bitter pill 165 Chapter 11 Afterwards 183 Chapter 12 For some it isn’t over 206 Bibliographical Note 214 Index 217
Index Ambrosio, Vincenzo, Lt., 90-1, 158, 169 Andreatta, Vittore, 96, 116 Annoni, Sandro, Maj., 90,168-9 Antolini, Peppino, 2nd Lt., 76-7 Arbouzis, Dionysios, Capt., 48 Argyropoulos, Achilleus, 2nd Lt., 83 Badoglio, Pietro, Marshal, 18, 89,146, 196 Bakopoulos, Konstantinos, Lt. Gen., 167,170 Bakos, Georgios, Maj. Gen., 57, 93, 169-71, 177, 180, 194-5 Balis, Panagiotis, Col., 65, 99-100,102, 104, 111, 129, 133,135,150-1, 156, 172, 181-2, 203 Bancale, Emilio, Gen., 51, 216 Bartiromo, Salvatore, Col., 22 Beratis, Yannis, Pvt., 180-1 Bertoldi, Silvio, 90 Bobos, Dimitrios, Pvt., 61 Borbone, Prince Giorgio di, Capt., 137, 140,153 Cadorna, Luigi, Gen., 9 Caramuta, Peppino, Cpl., 91 Cavallero, Ugo, Gen., 3—5, 8, 18, 20-32, 44,46, 50-3, 69-71,79, 81-2, 88, 90-5,102-103,107-108,112,121-3, 128-36,142-4,146-7,154,157-61, 165,168,171-2,179, 183-4,186, 190-2, 196-8, 204, 206, 214, 216 Cervi, Mario, 88,109, 128,159, 185-6, 204, 214 Christodoulou, Dimitrios, 2nd Lt., 117,152 Chrysafis, Chrysafis, 2nd Lt., 83, 104, 116-17, 120 Churchill, Winston, 12, 93,124,177, 202 Ciano, Galeazzo, 23, 131 D’Aponte, Alberto, Gen., 8, 64, 70 Davakis, Konstantinos, Col., 36 De Pizzol, Giovanni, Pvt., 26-7, 78, 89-90,199, 204 De Stefanis, Giuseppe, Gen., 64, 71 Dietrich, Sepp, Maj. Gen., 178-9 Dimaratos, Socrates, Maj. Gen., 68, 75 Dimitriou, Georgios, Cpi., 133, 161-3 Drakos, Markos, Lt. Gen., 54-6,125, 216 Eden, Anthony, 124-5 Ellinas, Georgios, Lt., 113 Farinacci, Roberto, 172 Fatsea, Evangelia, 209 Finestra, Ajmone, Lt., 75—7, 79, 87, 106, 109-11,116,119, 204 Franco, Francisco, Gen., 15 Gabutti,
Gualtiero, Gen., 71 Gambara, Gastone, Gen., 1, 3-5, 29-30, 32, 51, 64, 66-7, 73, 79, 87, 94, 103-104,117,121-3, 128,131, 136, 141,147,157, 172,216 Geloso, Carlo, Gen., 3, 18, 25, 29-31, 53, 78, 87,100-102,113,122-3, 128, 131, 142M, 168,172,185,191, 203-204 George II of Greece, 37, 54—6, 123-5, 134,176-7,185,193
218 Mussolini’s Defeat at Hill 731, March 1941 Gianni, Giuseppe, Gen., 7, 62, 67, 70-1, 113 Gioffreda, Francesco, Lt., 204 Grazzi, Emanuele, 17 Guzzoni, Alfredo, Gen., 94 Haider, Franz, Gen., 189 Hitler, Adolf, xvi, 5,9, 11, 15,22-3, 33, 87, 122, 157-8, 165, 167,171,178-9, 185-9, 204 Ioannou, Christos, Lt. Col., 72 Johnson, George, Sqn. Ldr., 212-13 Kanatouris, Capt., 73,133 Kasimatis, Emmanuel, Sgt., 66-7, 72-3 Kasias, Dimitrios, Maj., 34, 46-8, 59-69, 73-4, 82, 97, 99,109, 195-6 Katsimitros, Maj. Gen., 176 Keitel, Wilhelm, Field Marshal, 185 Kemal, Mustafa, Gen., 55, 69 Kesselring, Albert, Field Marshal, 196 Ketseas, Themistocles, Col., 34, 39, 44—8, 53, 59-60, 62, 64֊5, 82-5, 88-91, 95-6, 99-100,178, 194, 203 Kintzos, Christos, 2nd Lt., Ill Kirk, Alexander, xvi Kitsos, George, xii, 212-13, 215 Konstantinidis, Leonidas, 2nd Lt, 45 Koryzis, Alexandras, 124, 176-7 Koutridis, Panagiotis, Capt., 74, 82-5, 88, 91, 97-9,103,109,114,119-20, 129-30, 135-6,138-40, 149-50, 154, 156, 161, 163, 173-4,181 Kouvaras, Ioannis, 2nd Lt., 83 Kyriakakis, Haralambos, Sgt-Maj., 209 Kyriakou, Lt., 34 Laboratoře, Francesco, Maj., 45-6 Lama, Guido, Gen., 107 Lavdas, Georgios, Gen., 51 Lavrentidis, Isaac, Lt., 105,116,120, 129, 139-40,148-54,163, 174-5 Lenin, Vladimir, 10, 13 Leonidas I of Sparta, 176 Lepri, Maj., 82 List, Sigmund, Field Marshal, 167 Mack Smith, Denis, 2, 10, 215 Malko, Feruze, 207 Mamalakis, Nikolaos, 2nd Lt., 74—5, 78, 131 Manai, Giovanni, Col., 19, 160 Mantas, Panagiotis, Pvt., 111-12 Marconi, Guglielmo, 10 Melas, Spyros, 36-7, 215 Mercalli, Camillo, Gen., 87, 216 Metaxas,
Ioannis, 17, 37, 50, 55-6, 124 Mitromaras, Haralambos, 2nd Lt., 84 Moutsopoulos, Georgios, 2nd Lt., 45 Mussolini, Benito, xi, xv-xvi, 1-16, 18, 21-5, 27, 31-3, 56, 60, 62, 67, 70-1, 79-80, 85-9, 93-4, 97, 100-108,112, 117,119, 121-8, 131-2,134,136-7, 142-3,146-7,157-8, 165, 167-8, 179, 183-5, 187-90,195-6, 198, 202-204, 211-12 Mussolini, Edda, 131 Muzzi, Don Luigi, Capt., 148-50 Mylonas, Theodoras, Sgt., 115,138-9, 141 Negro, Matteo, Gen., 71, 94, 103,106, 112, 116,148, 152 Papagos, Alexandras, Lt. Gen., 35-8, 44, 46, 54-6, 85, 98,102, 123, 125,127, 136,158-9, 167,169-71,175-7,178, 180,189,192—4, 214, 216 Paul, Prince of Yugoslavia, 157 Pecoraro, Don Nicola, 207 Pecoraro, Matteo, Pvt., 27-8, 41, 44, 89, 184, 207-208, 214 Pellegrini, Maj., 84-6 Peter, Prince of Greece, 20, 176-7 Peter II of Yugoslavia, 157
Index 219 Pirzio Biroli, Alessandro, Gen., 100, 132, 146, 157,166,168, 172, 216 Pitsikas, Ioannis, Lt. Gen., 56, 125-6, 130, 175-6,180, 192, 216 Pius XI, pope, 14,199 Pius XII, pope, 199 Polychroniades, Antonios, 2nd Lt., 155 Pricolo, Francesco, Gen., 7-8, 21, 31-2, 64, 67, 70,102,108,143 Psichogios, 2nd Lt., 103 Puntoni, Paolo, Gen., 186 Takos, Pvt., 48, 68-9 Tamiolakis, Thomas, Sgt., 131, 133 Tellini, Enrico, Gen., 12 Triantafyllopoulos, Maj., 66-7, 72—4 Tsingos, Hesiod, 2nd Lt., 48-50, 201-202 Tsolakoglou, Georgios, Lt. Gen., 57, 178-80,185,194, 216 Tuchman, Barbara, xv Tzanetis, Emmanuel, Maj., 63-5 Tzannakis, Manolis, Capt., 39-40 Tzathas, Georgios, 2nd Lt., 139,148,151 Rama, Edi, 210 Rănise, Vittorio, Col., 42-3 Ranza, Ferruccio, Gen., З, 32, 172 Ribbentrop, Joachim von, 21 Rintelen, Enno von, Gen., 179 Rodogno, Davide, 199 Roosevelt, Franklin, 202 Rosenthal, Joe, xiii Rossi, Carlo, Gen., 32, 58, 216 Rossis, Konstantinos, Capt., 120-1,182 Roundos, Konstantinos, 2nd Lt., 139 Vercellino, Mario, Gen., 19, 29-30, 89, 100, 216 Visconti Prasca, Sebastiano, Gen., 17-18, 26 Vittorio Emanuele III of Italy, 10, 137, 146-7,169,186 Vrachnos, Vasillos, Maj. Gen., ЗО, 60, 65, 71-2, 91-3, 127, 130, 133, 151, 154-5, 194-5, 203 Salvanos, Konstantinos, Sgt., 86, 159 Samaras, Sgt., 114—16 Schizas, 2nd Lt., 61-3 Scotti, Lt. Col., 43 Scuero, Antonio, Gen., 18 Shirer, William, 188 Simović, Dušan, Gen., 157, 169 Smuts, Jan, Gen., 13 Soddu, Ubaldo, Gen., 18, 21, 26, 29 Sourlas, Georgios, xiv, 206-209, 215 Spendos, Nikolaos, Col., 49-50 Speth, Lt. Col., 165 Spyropoulos, Michails, Lt. Col., 74
Starace, Achille, 2, 147 Stumme, Georg, Gen., 177 Г Wavell, Sir Archibald, Lt. Gen., 177 Weichs, Maximilian von, Field Marshal, 165, 167 Wilson, Henry ‘Jumbo’, Maj. Gen., 171, 175-6 Wilson, Woodrow, 11, 15 Zachariou, Georgios, Pvt., 38M4, 61, 63, 65, 79 Zervas, Napoleon, Gen., 192-3, 196 Zikos, Theodoras, Sgt-Maj., 59, 73-9, 81-9, 96-9, 103-20,126-42, 147-9, 152-3,155-6, 159-63, 166, 171M, 181-2,192-3,195, 200, 215 Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Mönchen |
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Contents List ofIllustrations Prologue ix xi 1 Chapter 1 The Duce Takes a Look Chapter 2 The ‘Walkover’ 17 Chapter 3 ‘This mountain will be our grave’ 34 Chapter 4 First and second days 59 Chapter 5 Third day: Blackshirt blunder 81 Chapter 6 Fourth and fifth days: ‘My boys are gone!’ 95 Chapter 7 ‘We should call it off’ 113 Chapter 8 Exhaustion 127 Chapter 9 Requiem aeternam 146 Chapter 10 Bitter pill 165 Chapter 11 Afterwards 183 Chapter 12 For some it isn’t over 206 Bibliographical Note 214 Index 217
Index Ambrosio, Vincenzo, Lt., 90-1, 158, 169 Andreatta, Vittore, 96, 116 Annoni, Sandro, Maj., 90,168-9 Antolini, Peppino, 2nd Lt., 76-7 Arbouzis, Dionysios, Capt., 48 Argyropoulos, Achilleus, 2nd Lt., 83 Badoglio, Pietro, Marshal, 18, 89,146, 196 Bakopoulos, Konstantinos, Lt. Gen., 167,170 Bakos, Georgios, Maj. Gen., 57, 93, 169-71, 177, 180, 194-5 Balis, Panagiotis, Col., 65, 99-100,102, 104, 111, 129, 133,135,150-1, 156, 172, 181-2, 203 Bancale, Emilio, Gen., 51, 216 Bartiromo, Salvatore, Col., 22 Beratis, Yannis, Pvt., 180-1 Bertoldi, Silvio, 90 Bobos, Dimitrios, Pvt., 61 Borbone, Prince Giorgio di, Capt., 137, 140,153 Cadorna, Luigi, Gen., 9 Caramuta, Peppino, Cpl., 91 Cavallero, Ugo, Gen., 3—5, 8, 18, 20-32, 44,46, 50-3, 69-71,79, 81-2, 88, 90-5,102-103,107-108,112,121-3, 128-36,142-4,146-7,154,157-61, 165,168,171-2,179, 183-4,186, 190-2, 196-8, 204, 206, 214, 216 Cervi, Mario, 88,109, 128,159, 185-6, 204, 214 Christodoulou, Dimitrios, 2nd Lt., 117,152 Chrysafis, Chrysafis, 2nd Lt., 83, 104, 116-17, 120 Churchill, Winston, 12, 93,124,177, 202 Ciano, Galeazzo, 23, 131 D’Aponte, Alberto, Gen., 8, 64, 70 Davakis, Konstantinos, Col., 36 De Pizzol, Giovanni, Pvt., 26-7, 78, 89-90,199, 204 De Stefanis, Giuseppe, Gen., 64, 71 Dietrich, Sepp, Maj. Gen., 178-9 Dimaratos, Socrates, Maj. Gen., 68, 75 Dimitriou, Georgios, Cpi., 133, 161-3 Drakos, Markos, Lt. Gen., 54-6,125, 216 Eden, Anthony, 124-5 Ellinas, Georgios, Lt., 113 Farinacci, Roberto, 172 Fatsea, Evangelia, 209 Finestra, Ajmone, Lt., 75—7, 79, 87, 106, 109-11,116,119, 204 Franco, Francisco, Gen., 15 Gabutti,
Gualtiero, Gen., 71 Gambara, Gastone, Gen., 1, 3-5, 29-30, 32, 51, 64, 66-7, 73, 79, 87, 94, 103-104,117,121-3, 128,131, 136, 141,147,157, 172,216 Geloso, Carlo, Gen., 3, 18, 25, 29-31, 53, 78, 87,100-102,113,122-3, 128, 131, 142M, 168,172,185,191, 203-204 George II of Greece, 37, 54—6, 123-5, 134,176-7,185,193
218 Mussolini’s Defeat at Hill 731, March 1941 Gianni, Giuseppe, Gen., 7, 62, 67, 70-1, 113 Gioffreda, Francesco, Lt., 204 Grazzi, Emanuele, 17 Guzzoni, Alfredo, Gen., 94 Haider, Franz, Gen., 189 Hitler, Adolf, xvi, 5,9, 11, 15,22-3, 33, 87, 122, 157-8, 165, 167,171,178-9, 185-9, 204 Ioannou, Christos, Lt. Col., 72 Johnson, George, Sqn. Ldr., 212-13 Kanatouris, Capt., 73,133 Kasimatis, Emmanuel, Sgt., 66-7, 72-3 Kasias, Dimitrios, Maj., 34, 46-8, 59-69, 73-4, 82, 97, 99,109, 195-6 Katsimitros, Maj. Gen., 176 Keitel, Wilhelm, Field Marshal, 185 Kemal, Mustafa, Gen., 55, 69 Kesselring, Albert, Field Marshal, 196 Ketseas, Themistocles, Col., 34, 39, 44—8, 53, 59-60, 62, 64֊5, 82-5, 88-91, 95-6, 99-100,178, 194, 203 Kintzos, Christos, 2nd Lt., Ill Kirk, Alexander, xvi Kitsos, George, xii, 212-13, 215 Konstantinidis, Leonidas, 2nd Lt, 45 Koryzis, Alexandras, 124, 176-7 Koutridis, Panagiotis, Capt., 74, 82-5, 88, 91, 97-9,103,109,114,119-20, 129-30, 135-6,138-40, 149-50, 154, 156, 161, 163, 173-4,181 Kouvaras, Ioannis, 2nd Lt., 83 Kyriakakis, Haralambos, Sgt-Maj., 209 Kyriakou, Lt., 34 Laboratoře, Francesco, Maj., 45-6 Lama, Guido, Gen., 107 Lavdas, Georgios, Gen., 51 Lavrentidis, Isaac, Lt., 105,116,120, 129, 139-40,148-54,163, 174-5 Lenin, Vladimir, 10, 13 Leonidas I of Sparta, 176 Lepri, Maj., 82 List, Sigmund, Field Marshal, 167 Mack Smith, Denis, 2, 10, 215 Malko, Feruze, 207 Mamalakis, Nikolaos, 2nd Lt., 74—5, 78, 131 Manai, Giovanni, Col., 19, 160 Mantas, Panagiotis, Pvt., 111-12 Marconi, Guglielmo, 10 Melas, Spyros, 36-7, 215 Mercalli, Camillo, Gen., 87, 216 Metaxas,
Ioannis, 17, 37, 50, 55-6, 124 Mitromaras, Haralambos, 2nd Lt., 84 Moutsopoulos, Georgios, 2nd Lt., 45 Mussolini, Benito, xi, xv-xvi, 1-16, 18, 21-5, 27, 31-3, 56, 60, 62, 67, 70-1, 79-80, 85-9, 93-4, 97, 100-108,112, 117,119, 121-8, 131-2,134,136-7, 142-3,146-7,157-8, 165, 167-8, 179, 183-5, 187-90,195-6, 198, 202-204, 211-12 Mussolini, Edda, 131 Muzzi, Don Luigi, Capt., 148-50 Mylonas, Theodoras, Sgt., 115,138-9, 141 Negro, Matteo, Gen., 71, 94, 103,106, 112, 116,148, 152 Papagos, Alexandras, Lt. Gen., 35-8, 44, 46, 54-6, 85, 98,102, 123, 125,127, 136,158-9, 167,169-71,175-7,178, 180,189,192—4, 214, 216 Paul, Prince of Yugoslavia, 157 Pecoraro, Don Nicola, 207 Pecoraro, Matteo, Pvt., 27-8, 41, 44, 89, 184, 207-208, 214 Pellegrini, Maj., 84-6 Peter, Prince of Greece, 20, 176-7 Peter II of Yugoslavia, 157
Index 219 Pirzio Biroli, Alessandro, Gen., 100, 132, 146, 157,166,168, 172, 216 Pitsikas, Ioannis, Lt. Gen., 56, 125-6, 130, 175-6,180, 192, 216 Pius XI, pope, 14,199 Pius XII, pope, 199 Polychroniades, Antonios, 2nd Lt., 155 Pricolo, Francesco, Gen., 7-8, 21, 31-2, 64, 67, 70,102,108,143 Psichogios, 2nd Lt., 103 Puntoni, Paolo, Gen., 186 Takos, Pvt., 48, 68-9 Tamiolakis, Thomas, Sgt., 131, 133 Tellini, Enrico, Gen., 12 Triantafyllopoulos, Maj., 66-7, 72—4 Tsingos, Hesiod, 2nd Lt., 48-50, 201-202 Tsolakoglou, Georgios, Lt. Gen., 57, 178-80,185,194, 216 Tuchman, Barbara, xv Tzanetis, Emmanuel, Maj., 63-5 Tzannakis, Manolis, Capt., 39-40 Tzathas, Georgios, 2nd Lt., 139,148,151 Rama, Edi, 210 Rănise, Vittorio, Col., 42-3 Ranza, Ferruccio, Gen., З, 32, 172 Ribbentrop, Joachim von, 21 Rintelen, Enno von, Gen., 179 Rodogno, Davide, 199 Roosevelt, Franklin, 202 Rosenthal, Joe, xiii Rossi, Carlo, Gen., 32, 58, 216 Rossis, Konstantinos, Capt., 120-1,182 Roundos, Konstantinos, 2nd Lt., 139 Vercellino, Mario, Gen., 19, 29-30, 89, 100, 216 Visconti Prasca, Sebastiano, Gen., 17-18, 26 Vittorio Emanuele III of Italy, 10, 137, 146-7,169,186 Vrachnos, Vasillos, Maj. Gen., ЗО, 60, 65, 71-2, 91-3, 127, 130, 133, 151, 154-5, 194-5, 203 Salvanos, Konstantinos, Sgt., 86, 159 Samaras, Sgt., 114—16 Schizas, 2nd Lt., 61-3 Scotti, Lt. Col., 43 Scuero, Antonio, Gen., 18 Shirer, William, 188 Simović, Dušan, Gen., 157, 169 Smuts, Jan, Gen., 13 Soddu, Ubaldo, Gen., 18, 21, 26, 29 Sourlas, Georgios, xiv, 206-209, 215 Spendos, Nikolaos, Col., 49-50 Speth, Lt. Col., 165 Spyropoulos, Michails, Lt. Col., 74
Starace, Achille, 2, 147 Stumme, Georg, Gen., 177 Г Wavell, Sir Archibald, Lt. Gen., 177 Weichs, Maximilian von, Field Marshal, 165, 167 Wilson, Henry ‘Jumbo’, Maj. Gen., 171, 175-6 Wilson, Woodrow, 11, 15 Zachariou, Georgios, Pvt., 38M4, 61, 63, 65, 79 Zervas, Napoleon, Gen., 192-3, 196 Zikos, Theodoras, Sgt-Maj., 59, 73-9, 81-9, 96-9, 103-20,126-42, 147-9, 152-3,155-6, 159-63, 166, 171M, 181-2,192-3,195, 200, 215 Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Mönchen |
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| spelling | Carr, John C. 1948- Verfasser (DE-588)1054141347 aut Mussolini's defeat at Hill 731, March 1941 how the Greeks halted Italy's Albanian offensive John Carr Barnsley, South Yorkshire ; Havertown, PA Pen & Sword Military 2020 xvi, 219 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten, Portraits txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Hill 731 was the scene of the most ferocious battle of the Greek-Italian War in Albania. Watched by Mussolini himself, on 9 March 1941 the Italians launched their Spring Offensive, designed to stem four months of humiliating reverses. The objective was a pair of parallel valleys dominated by the Greek-held Hill 731 that had to be taken at all costs. The Italian Eighth Corps, part of Geloso's 11th Army, had the task of seizing the heights, spearheaded by 38 (Puglie) Division. Holding the position was the Greek 1 Division of II Corps, with 4 and 6 Division on the flanks. For 17 days, after a massive artillery barrage (which reduced the hill’s height by 6 metres), the Italians threw themselves with great courage against the Evzones on the hill, to be repeatdly smashed with appalling losses. It was an Iwo Jima-type merciless fight at close quarters, where bayonets held the place of honour but the battered Greeks held. Mussolini had wanted a spring victory to impress the Fuehrer. Instead, the bloody debacle of Hill 731 could well have contributed to Hitler’s decision to postpone his invasion of Russia by at least four weeks, a costly delay Geschichte 1941 gnd rswk-swf Zweiter Weltkrieg (DE-588)4079167-1 gnd rswk-swf Albanien (DE-588)4001028-4 gnd rswk-swf Italien (DE-588)4027833-5 gnd rswk-swf World War, 1939-1945 / Campaigns / Albania World War, 1939-1945 / Campaigns / Greece Military campaigns Albania Greece 1939-1945 Italien (DE-588)4027833-5 g Albanien (DE-588)4001028-4 g Zweiter Weltkrieg (DE-588)4079167-1 s Geschichte 1941 z DE-604 Digitalisierung BSB München - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=032695933&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Inhaltsverzeichnis Digitalisierung BSB München - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=032695933&sequence=000003&line_number=0002&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Register // Personenregister |
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