Word: balkans
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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England, in a much stronger position than it was six months ago, may turn Adolf Hitler's latest coup in the Balkans into another African campaign, William L. Langer '15, Coolidge Professor of History, and expert in Balkan affairs said yesterday...
...Greek seaport of Thessalonice, or Saloniki, holds the key to the tricky Balkan situation," he said, explaining that this city, located in the strip of Greece that borders on Bulgaria, can be used as a base for operations against the Germans as they sweep down towards Greece...
...aside from the official communiques. If the Greeks are attacked and are inadequately supported by the British, there is little question that they will be wiped out, and the Germans will be in a position to threaten the English in the Near East. I don't believe that either Balkan state will stand up against Hitler unless the British are really powerful in Saloniki or in front of Constantinople. They will certainly not fight alone...
Langer then continued to say that Russia will not help the English by resisting the German penetration in the Balkans. If Hitler felt that there was any chance that Stalin would open up on him, he would never have undertaken the Balkan venture. "Russia is probably not strong enough to worry the Nazis, anyway," he concluded...
Adolf Hitler, as usual, was moving rather faster than the political experts' thoughts. While they ruminated on the Balkan subtleties, Hitler's grab of Bulgaria was in full swing-Turkey or no Turkey...