tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9230592.post110305165264497260..comments2023-06-14T09:10:27.097-04:00Comments on Gray Falcon: Legion of Merit CitationCubuCokohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14128683147101484237noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9230592.post-70135834620494193332012-06-04T15:35:48.847-04:002012-06-04T15:35:48.847-04:00- it is true that the communists did more resistan...- it is true that the communists did more resistance.<br /><br />- it is true that non-communists collaborated with the Germans.<br /><br />Not true.<br /><br />- the British supported the communists on Balkan<br /><br />Totally true.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05867369271677701782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9230592.post-1106219320411522902005-01-20T06:08:00.000-05:002005-01-20T06:08:00.000-05:00If you want to study the Balkan in World War II I ...If you want to study the Balkan in World War II I can recommend "Sons of the Eagle" by Julian Amery. This man was British secret agent with the royalists in Albania. As one of the few British in that time he was critical of the communists in the Balkan. After the war he became a parlementarian in Britain. He has accurate observations on how the communists became the dominant power in Albania, Yugoslavia and Greece.<br /><br />Among his observations:<br /> - it is true that the communists did more resistance. <br />This has to do with the composition of the organisation. The communists consisted mostly of students and other young unmarried people. They didn't care very much when the Germans and Italians retaliated for an attack. It even suited them: people who had lost their homes were easy to recruit. Other organisations were more cautious with their people.<br /> - it is true that non-communists collaborated with the Germans. The problem was that communists attacked all other organisations one by one. People who face the prospect of being massacred are prepared to ask anybody for help. But this collaboration was usually very pragmatic and didn't go much beyond fighting together against the same enemy.<br /> - the British supported the communists on Balkan - even when they knew that the weapons were used to attack other resistance groups. Only in Greece they saved a bit of the situation by forcing the communists to work together with the other resistance groups.<br /><br />The book is out of print, but there is an Albanian reprint.Wim Roffelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05950733237377413606noreply@blogger.com