In March of 1941 Sir Thomas Blamey was sent by Field Marshall Lord Wavell to lead the Allied troops into Greece to protect it from invasion by the Germans. Blamey felt from the outset that the protection of Greece was a lost cause and that the Allies should concentrate on the defense of Crete. However, Wavell sent him and several units, which included Australians and New Zealanders, to Greece. Blamey believed that the Nazis would be upon Greece to0 quickly for the Allies to mount a successful defense. He was right and the expedition into Greece was a complete failure.
Blamey and his staff arrived in Greece in late March shortly before Hitler began attacking Yugoslavia and Greece on April 6. The blitzkrieg knocked Yugoslavia out of the war quickly leaving the New South Wales native staring directly at the Nazi forces. To make matters worse Wavell could not send all of the troops he had promised because Rommel was pushing the British forces back into Egypt. Already Blamey's......

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Title: Sir Thomas Blamey And The Greece Campaign
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