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...conquer Greece. Hitler had rescued them. Mussolini's legions had been chased out of Egypt and westward across half of Italian Libya. Hitler had rescued them. The France that Mussolini declared war against had become a friend of Hitler's. Hitler's Air Force had taken Crete, astride the eastern Mediterranean...
Hitler may present Crete to Mussolini, as he has presented him with the puppetries of Croatia and Montenegro and with a bit of Dalmatia, but such generosity costs Hitler nothing because Mussolini is a puppet of Hitler's. Well might the two dictators reach complete agreement; Mussolini can no longer...
LONDON--British military experts tonight demanded the swift organization of mobile units "armed to the teeth" against any Nazi air-borne invasion of the British Isles and it was reported that Parliament will launch a "searching inquest" on the loss of Crete...
...authoritive Press Association said that when Parliament reconvence Prime Minister Winston Churchill is expected to be asked to provide an explanation for the surrender of Crete which he had announced would be "defended to death...
Last week rumors flew again of Nazi troop concentrations against Iceland in northern Norway. Some observers saw the pattern for invasion in the attack on Crete. Should the Nazis hazard it. they would find Iceland twelve times as large, and with a population three times as small as Crete-much better suited to parachute and glider tactics. But Iceland lies at least five times as far from nearest Nazi bases as Crete from the mainland of Greece. Since last May, when Canadian troops landed to guard armyless, navyless Iceland, the British have put, according to some reports...