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Entry: D'Annunzio, Mussolini, and the Fate of Empires Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/dannunzio_mussolini_and_the_fate_of_empires#5377 Post contents: "Never mind. Greece was the only European country fighting alongside Britain in October 1940, and the only one to give a good account of itself, but you wouldn’t know it from the coverage we usually get" Very true. I think part of the reason for the lack of coverage was Britain's concern to puff up France's minimal resistance, a myth that still endures. Greece fought far more fiercely than France (admittedly even the French defeated the Italian attack on them). Equally, after the defeat of Greece and France the Greek partisans were ferocious and tied down a lot of German strength, whereas the Germans regarded France as a vacation resort. The anecdotal accounts in eg the Sven Hassel WW2 pulp novels are instructive in this regard - Greece depicted as a terrifying land of throat-slitters, France as a peaceful place of warmly welcoming ladies, as much an ally as an occupied country. Sent at: 2008 09 06