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This ebook edition published in Great Britain in 2012 by Coda Books Ltd, The Barn, Cutlers Farm Business Centre, Edstone, Wootton Wawen, Henley in Arden, Warwickshire, B95 6DJ
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Copyright 2012 Coda Books Ltd
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.
Originally published as The German Campaigns in the Balkans (Spring 1941), Department of the Army Pamphlet 20-271 by Earl F. Ziemke and published by Center of Military History, United States Army, Washington D.C.
A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
ISBN 978 1 78158 121 6
BALKANS AND THE INVASION OF RUSSIA
This re-print of the short book originally published by the Center of Military History in the fifties forms part of the developing series entitled World War II From Original Sources. The aim is to provide the reader with a varied range of materials drawn from original writings covering the strategic, operational and tactical aspects of the weapons and battles of Hitlers war. The concept behind the series is to provide the well-read and knowledgeable reader with access to long out of print sources to build a picture of a particular aspect of that titanic struggle.
I am pleased to report that the series has been well received and it is a pleasure to be able to bring these original sources back to new life and to the attention of an interested readership. I particularly enjoy re-discovering good sources like these, and I am pleased to be able to present them unadorned and unvarnished to a sophisticated audience. The readership I strive to serve is the increasingly well-informed community of reader/historians which needs no editorial lead and can draw its own conclusions. I am well aware that our community is constantly striving to discover new nuggets of information, and I trust that with this volume I have managed to stimulate fresh enthusiasm and that at least some of these facts will be new to you and will provoke readers to research further down these lines of investigation, and perhaps cause established views to be challenged once more. I am aware at all times in compiling these materials that our relentless pursuit of more and better historical information is at the core our common passion. I trust that this selection will contribute to that search and will help all of us to better comprehend and understand the bewildering events of the last century.
In order to produce an interesting compilation giving a flavour of events at the strategic and operational level, I have returned once more to the Centre of Military History series, which contain an intriguing series of near contemporary reviews. I find this series particularly fascinating as they provide us with a sense of what was happening at the face of battle almost as the events unfolded.
Thank you for buying this volume in the series we hope you will enjoy discovering some new insights you will go on to try the others in the series.
Bob Carruthers
Edinburgh 2012
The purpose of this study is to describe the German campaigns in the Balkans and the seizure of Crete within the framework of Hitler's military policy during the second year of World War II. The study is the first of a series dealing with large-scale German military operations in Eastern Europe; other historical studies such as Germany and FinlandAllies and Enemies in World War II, The Axis Campaign in Russia, 1941-45: A Strategic Survey, and German Army Group Operations in Russia will follow.
"The German Campaigns in the Balkans" is written from the German point of view and is based mainly on original German records and postwar military writings by Dr. Helmut Greiner, General Burkharth. Mueller-Hillebrand, and the late General Hans von Greiffenberg. The lessons and conclusions following each narrative have been drawn from the same German sources. (These records and manuscripts are listed in appendix III.) Material taken from U.S. and Allied sources has been integrated into the text, but specific cross references have been made only in those instances where these sources deviate from the German documents.
The work of preparing this study in English, which consisted of translating basic German records and manuscripts, performing additional research, expanding and then rewriting the narratives with an eye for continuity and factual data, was done chiefly by Mr. George E.Blau of the Foreign Studies Branch, Special Studies Division, Office of the Chief of Military History. In the process of presenting the material, every effort has been made to give a balanced account of German strategy and operations in the Balkans during the spring of 1941.
A. C. SMITH
Major General, USA
Chief, Military History
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During the latter half of 1940 the Balkans, always a notorious hotbed of intrigues, became the center of conflicting interests of Germany, Italy, Russia, and Great Britain. From the beginning of World War II Adolf Hitler had consistently stated that Germany had no territorial ambitions in the Balkans. Because his primary interest in that area was of an economic nature - Germany obtained vital oil and food supplies from the Balkan countries - he was prepared to do his utmost to preserve peace in that part of Europe. For this reason he attempted to keep in check Italy's aggressive Balkan policy, to satisfy Hungarian and Bulgarian claims to Romanian territory by peaceful means, and to avoid any incident which might lead to Great Britain's direct intervention in Greece. It was no easy task to synchronize so many divergent political actions at a time when Germany was preparing the invasion of the British Isles and later planning as alternate measures the capture of Gibraltar, the occupation of Egypt and the Suez Canal, and the attack on Russia.
The unprecedented speed with which Germany had conquered western Europe in 1940 had immediate repercussions in the Balkan countries, some of which had previously belonged to the French sphere of influence. By applying diplomatic pressure and undermining their internal structure Hitler led one Balkan state after another to adhere to the Tripartite Pact, which had been signed by Germany, Italy, and Japan on 27 September 1940 (see app. I, Chronological Table of Events). In general, shortly after a new member had signed the pact, a German military mission would cross its border and gradually assume control over communications, airfields, and internal security.
For a better understanding of the military operations that took place in the Balkans during the spring of 1941, it is necessary to analyze the political events that led to the outbreak of hostilities.
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