How Churchill Crushed Greece’s Anti-Fascist Resistance
Greece’s partisans had fought on Britain’s side against the Nazis, liberating much of their country. But for Winston Churchill they were too left-wing – and had to be destroyed.
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Joëlle Fontaine is a retired high school history teacher and author of De la résistance à la guerre civile en Grèce: 1941-1946 (La Fabrique, Paris, 2012).
Greece’s partisans had fought on Britain’s side against the Nazis, liberating much of their country. But for Winston Churchill they were too left-wing – and had to be destroyed.