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Re: a dirty gentlemen agreement between Churchill and Nazis

Postby albatros15 on 23 May 2010 13:46

Begin of september 1944 german troops started preparations to leave Greece ,to fight
For their nazi ideas against our allies Americans English etc etc.
12/oct 1944 they left Athens going north (to help the front against our allies)
Moving full armed not any English soldier not any English bullet for german troops.
Not any English war aeroplane to bomb the nazi army ,to cut their way to north .
Same time our allies were fighting strongly against the Nazis in north ,thousands of soldiers
Gave their lives for victory.
What mr.churchill doing in south ? not any problem for germans at all , were free to go to fight later north against our allies.
No any kind of resistance against the Nazis by mr.churchill.
W H Y ? (mr.mathiopoulos wrote for the secret ..gentlemen agreement of evacuation greece)
Is any one who is kneed any proof of this really? The german way to north spoken.
The only resistance was from greek resistance groups , and when they passed Yugoslavia they met an other resistance too.
Why Germans are in our base in chania crete up to july 1945? Under the protection of English ? What there were doing there? Why they stayed there full armed? I don’t kneed of course an answer from any one .
Here in Greece we know already the answer very well.
Crete was and it is a part of Greece was not an independent island during the
War.Maybe mr Churchill knows very well the reason but it was difficult to write of course.
Unfortunatelly for him captain manolis mpantouvas wrote after the war what English
Politic was fishing in the greek island of crete by the end of war .
Also knows very well mr woodhouse what he was fishing in crete before the end of the war. Crete was and it is a greek island With the greek flag all over the inland , sorry it was very difficult really to put an English Flag on crete or to let you to fix a base after the war. Really sorry for mr Churchill and his politic.
Many things English they …..were fishing in crete also with german cooperation army on the island by the end of the war.

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Re: a dirty gentlemen agreement between Churchill and Nazis

Postby ljadw on 23 May 2010 18:35

1) who is mister Woodhouse ?
2)About the Dodecanese:following international law,it was Italian territory.

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Re: a dirty gentlemen agreement between Churchill and Nazis

Postby phylo_roadking on 23 May 2010 19:35

On 31 may 1945 commander of british troops in crete preston he accepted in public that 5.000 germans they are armed for their security and their war supplies , having the authority to arrest even Greeks in their keeping area and to send them to the English troops. O la la .
An English journalist sends to daily express the following message with….. few words.
-I saw in the street of souda chania a fantastic view.
I knew that germans were `11.500 in an area , until comes ships to take them they had the permission from English to keep their guns for their protection from cretan people because cretans had many …......paybills for them. I was not ready for this I saw, here is Wehrmacht as they were in war. Cars with germans inside with machine guns goes and comes .In the farms were standing germans with their machine guns ready to shoot.—
In this view I think anyone can understand how the people of chania felt looking this kind of monkey business with germans .All Greece was free and only the base in hania was still under the Nazism with the protection from English…..politic I can say.


To translate into English...

After the German surrender in May, they were penned for their own security on the Akrotiri peninsula. They had retired from Canea to there prior to the surrender, as the "perimeter" across the peninsula was easier for them to hold. The British forces on the island took over this cordon after the disarmament on the 23rd, and the Gemans remained there until shipping could be arranged back to Europe for the 11,000 or so there.

The OP seems to find it strange that soldiers that had surrendered were allowed to retain a number of weapons under parole. This was actually quite common after the surrenders in BOTH Europe and the Far East, with Japanese troops for instance - as has been discussed before on AHF - being used by the British as constabulary troops in Malaya AND in the Dutch East Indies until Dutch troops could arrive from Europe. And somewhere on this forum there is the famous picture of armed FJ guarding a POW cage in North Germany in May 1945.

A higher percentage of arms was retained by the Germans in Crete BECAUSE of the Cretans and their history of irregular warfare - in which respect for the HRLW would not otherwise protect the disarmed German garrison. That's the polite way of saying it :lol:

By the way, the German commander's name in 1945 was not "Pentak", it was Benthag.
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Re: a dirty gentlemen agreement between Churchill and Nazis

Postby David Thompson on 24 May 2010 03:33

Three of four identical posts by albatros15 were removed by this moderator, along with two now-unnecessary replies DT.

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Re: a dirty gentlemen agreement between Churchill and Nazis

Postby JTG on 24 May 2010 03:36

Yes, the Allies left the whole of Greece, Yugoslavia and Italy to sort themselves out: either they were big enough to do it, or not.

Apparently not...

In the Channel Islands the ocupying force was allowed to retain such arms as to maintain discipline and security.

IE, the German forces.

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Re: a dirty gentlemen agreement between Churchill and Nazis

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Re: a dirty gentlemen agreement between Churchill and Nazis

Postby albatros15 on 24 May 2010 16:33

Hello every one here it is what albert speer talk to mr .mathiopoulos , this an old story , before many years they wrote
for this meeting and voila the answer of mr.albert sper to the reporter and professor of university of bonn mr.mathiopoulos.

ο Άλμπερτ Σπέερ, υπουργός πολεμικής παραγωγής του Χίτλερ. Σε συνέντευξή του στον Β. Μαθιόπουλο που δημοσιεύτηκε στο «ΒΗΜΑ» της 16ης Σεπτεμβρίου 1976 και περιλαμβάνεται στο βιβλίο του Μαθιόπουλου «Η Ελληνική Αντίσταση και οι Σύμμαχοι», σελ. 51-52, ο Σπέερ λέει μεταξύ των άλλων:
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«Είμαι αυτήκοος μάρτυς ενός γεγονότος που μας είχε προκαλέσει μεγάλη εντύπωση το φθινόπωρο του 1944. Θυμάμαι συγκεκριμένα ότι ο στρατηγός Γιόντλ, ο αρχηγός του Γερμανικού Επιτελείου, ήλθε μία μέρα και με βρήκε και μου ανέφερε ότι επήλθε μία συμφωνία σε υψηλό επίπεδο μεταξύ Αγγλίας και Γερμανίας που αφορούσε την Ελλάδα. Η συμφωνία – πρωτοφανής μέχρι τότε και, όπως γνωρίζω, μοναδική σε όλο τον Δεύτερο Παγκόσμιο Πόλεμο- αφορούσε, όπως τουλάχιστον μου είπε ο Γιόντλ, την εκκένωση απ’ τα γερμανικά στρατεύματα της Ελλάδας χωρίς Βρετανική ενόχληση…
Ο Φον Όβεν, διευθυντής τότε του Υπουργείου Προπαγάνδας, αναφέρει σε βιβλίο του που έγραψε μετά τον πόλεμο, ότι ο Γκαίμπελς είχε μετάσχει ο ίδιος στις διαπραγματεύσεις για τη σύναψη της συμφωνίας αυτής…
Νομίζω ότι η συμφωνία πρέπει να έκλεισε στη Λισαβώνα και το ποιος είχε την πρωτοβουλία πρώτος δεν ξέρω, αλλά πιστεύω ότι δεν έγινε σε διπλωματικό επίπεδο, αλλά πολύ ψηλότερα, ακριβώς για να μην υπάρξουν ακριτομύθιες.
Οι Άγγλοι, βέβαια, δεν το δημοσιεύουν τώρα και αντιλαμβάνομαι το λόγο. Η συμφωνία αυτή που έκαναν με τον Χίτλερ, ήταν βέβαια αντίθετη με τα συμφέροντα των τότε συμμάχων τους, και ως προς το σημείο αυτό διατηρούν τα αρχεία τους απόρρητα…».
υ Υπουργείου Προπαγάνδας, αναφέρει σε βιβλίο του που έγραψε μετά τον πόλεμο, ότι ο Γκαίμπελς είχε μετάσχει ο ίδιος στις διαπραγματεύσεις για τη σύναψη της συμφωνίας αυτής…
Νομίζω ότι η συμφωνία πρέπει να έκλεισε στη Λισαβώνα και το ποιος είχε την πρωτοβουλία πρώτος δεν ξέρω, αλλά πιστεύω ότι δεν έγινε σε διπλωματικό επίπεδο, αλλά πολύ ψηλότερα, ακριβώς για να μην υπάρξουν ακριτομύθιες.
Οι Άγγλοι, βέβαια, δεν το δημοσιεύουν τώρα και αντιλαμβάνομαι το λόγο. Η συμφωνία αυτή που έκαναν με τον Χίτλερ, ήταν βέβαια αντίθετη με τα συμφέροντα των τότε συμμάχων τους, και ως προς το σημείο αυτό διατηρούν τα αρχεία τους απόρρητα…».

Because you dont speak greek will better to put this in google and to translate from greek to english ,hei david sorry for yesterday problem .
In this meeting was present mr gebels as albert speer told.
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Re: a dirty gentlemen agreement between Churchill and Nazis

Postby albatros15 on 24 May 2010 16:57

ο Άλμπερτ Σπέερ, υπουργός πολεμικής παραγωγής του Χίτλερ. Σε συνέντευξή του στον Β. Μαθιόπουλο που δημοσιεύτηκε στο «ΒΗΜΑ» της 16ης Σεπτεμβρίου 1976 και περιλαμβάνεται στο βιβλίο του Μαθιόπουλου «Η Ελληνική Αντίσταση και οι Σύμμαχοι», σελ. 51-52, ο Σπέερ λέει μεταξύ των άλλων:
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«Είμαι αυτήκοος μάρτυς ενός γεγονότος που μας είχε προκαλέσει μεγάλη εντύπωση το φθινόπωρο του 1944. Θυμάμαι συγκεκριμένα ότι ο στρατηγός Γιόντλ, ο αρχηγός του Γερμανικού Επιτελείου, ήλθε μία μέρα και με βρήκε και μου ανέφερε ότι επήλθε μία συμφωνία σε υψηλό επίπεδο μεταξύ Αγγλίας και Γερμανίας που αφορούσε την Ελλάδα. Η συμφωνία – πρωτοφανής μέχρι τότε και, όπως γνωρίζω, μοναδική σε όλο τον Δεύτερο Παγκόσμιο Πόλεμο- αφορούσε, όπως τουλάχιστον μου είπε ο Γιόντλ, την εκκένωση απ’ τα γερμανικά στρατεύματα της Ελλάδας χωρίς Βρετανική ενόχληση…
Ο Φον Όβεν, διευθυντής τότε του Υπουργείου Προπαγάνδας, αναφέρει σε βιβλίο του που έγραψε μετά τον πόλεμο, ότι ο Γκαίμπελς είχε μετάσχει ο ίδιος στις διαπραγματεύσεις για τη σύναψη της συμφωνίας αυτής…
Νομίζω ότι η συμφωνία πρέπει να έκλεισε στη Λισαβώνα και το ποιος είχε την πρωτοβουλία πρώτος δεν ξέρω, αλλά πιστεύω ότι δεν έγινε σε διπλωματικό επίπεδο, αλλά πολύ ψηλότερα, ακριβώς για να μην υπάρξουν ακριτομύθιες.
Οι Άγγλοι, βέβαια, δεν το δημοσιεύουν τώρα και αντιλαμβάνομαι το λόγο. Η συμφωνία αυτή που έκαναν με τον Χίτλερ, ήταν βέβαια αντίθετη με τα συμφέροντα των τότε συμμάχων τους, και ως προς το σημείο αυτό διατηρούν τα αρχεία τους απόρρητα…».
υ Υπουργείου Προπαγάνδας, αναφέρει σε βιβλίο του που έγραψε μετά τον πόλεμο, ότι ο Γκαίμπελς είχε μετάσχει ο ίδιος στις διαπραγματεύσεις για τη σύναψη της συμφωνίας αυτής…
Νομίζω ότι η συμφωνία πρέπει να έκλεισε στη Λισαβώνα και το ποιος είχε την πρωτοβουλία πρώτος δεν ξέρω, αλλά πιστεύω ότι δεν έγινε σε διπλωματικό επίπεδο, αλλά πολύ ψηλότερα, ακριβώς για να μην υπάρξουν ακριτομύθιες.
Οι Άγγλοι, βέβαια, δεν το δημοσιεύουν τώρα και αντιλαμβάνομαι το λόγο. Η συμφωνία αυτή που έκαναν με τον Χίτλερ, ήταν βέβαια αντίθετη με τα συμφέροντα των τότε συμμάχων τους, και ως προς το σημείο αυτό διατηρούν τα αρχεία τους απόρρητα…».

please put google to translate from greek to english what said albert sper before many yearw ago thanks

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Re: a dirty gentlemen agreement between Churchill and Nazis

Postby Harro on 24 May 2010 17:14

"mr. mathiopoulos" is Prof. Dr. Margarita Mathiopoulos and is hardly a "mr."

Please "albatros15" - at least try to get your basic facts straight.

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Re: a dirty gentlemen agreement between Churchill and Nazis

Postby ljadw on 24 May 2010 17:16

Harro wrote:"mr. mathiopoulos" is Prof. Dr. Margarita Mathiopoulos and is hardly a "mr."

Please "albatros15" - at least try to get your basic facts straight.

:P

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Re: a dirty gentlemen agreement between Churchill and Nazis

Postby albatros15 on 24 May 2010 17:50

ο Άλμπερτ Σπέερ, υπουργός πολεμικής παραγωγής του Χίτλερ. Σε συνέντευξή του στον Β. Μαθιόπουλο που δημοσιεύτηκε στο «ΒΗΜΑ» της 16ης Σεπτεμβρίου 1976 και περιλαμβάνεται στο βιβλίο του Μαθιόπουλου «Η Ελληνική Αντίσταση και οι Σύμμαχοι», σελ. 51-52, ο Σπέερ λέει μεταξύ των άλλων:
«
«Είμαι αυτήκοος μάρτυς ενός γεγονότος που μας είχε προκαλέσει μεγάλη εντύπωση το φθινόπωρο του 1944. Θυμάμαι συγκεκριμένα ότι ο στρατηγός Γιόντλ, ο αρχηγός του Γερμανικού Επιτελείου, ήλθε μία μέρα και με βρήκε και μου ανέφερε ότι επήλθε μία συμφωνία σε υψηλό επίπεδο μεταξύ Αγγλίας και Γερμανίας που αφορούσε την Ελλάδα. Η συμφωνία – πρωτοφανής μέχρι τότε και, όπως γνωρίζω, μοναδική σε όλο τον Δεύτερο Παγκόσμιο Πόλεμο- αφορούσε, όπως τουλάχιστον μου είπε ο Γιόντλ, την εκκένωση απ’ τα γερμανικά στρατεύματα της Ελλάδας χωρίς Βρετανική ενόχληση…
Ο Φον Όβεν, διευθυντής τότε του Υπουργείου Προπαγάνδας, αναφέρει σε βιβλίο του που έγραψε μετά τον πόλεμο, ότι ο Γκαίμπελς είχε μετάσχει ο ίδιος στις διαπραγματεύσεις για τη σύναψη της συμφωνίας αυτής…
Νομίζω ότι η συμφωνία πρέπει να έκλεισε στη Λισαβώνα και το ποιος είχε την πρωτοβουλία πρώτος δεν ξέρω, αλλά πιστεύω ότι δεν έγινε σε διπλωματικό επίπεδο, αλλά πολύ ψηλότερα, ακριβώς για να μην υπάρξουν ακριτομύθιες.
Οι Άγγλοι, βέβαια, δεν το δημοσιεύουν τώρα και αντιλαμβάνομαι το λόγο. Η συμφωνία αυτή που έκαναν με τον Χίτλερ, ήταν βέβαια αντίθετη με τα συμφέροντα των τότε συμμάχων τους, και ως προς το σημείο αυτό διατηρούν τα αρχεία τους απόρρητα…».
υ Υπουργείου Προπαγάνδας, αναφέρει σε βιβλίο του που έγραψε μετά τον πόλεμο, ότι ο Γκαίμπελς είχε μετάσχει ο ίδιος στις διαπραγματεύσεις για τη σύναψη της συμφωνίας αυτής…
Νομίζω ότι η συμφωνία πρέπει να έκλεισε στη Λισαβώνα και το ποιος είχε την πρωτοβουλία πρώτος δεν ξέρω, αλλά πιστεύω ότι δεν έγινε σε διπλωματικό επίπεδο, αλλά πολύ ψηλότερα, ακριβώς για να μην υπάρξουν ακριτομύθιες.
Οι Άγγλοι, βέβαια, δεν το δημοσιεύουν τώρα και αντιλαμβάνομαι το λόγο. Η συμφωνία αυτή που έκαναν με τον Χίτλερ, ήταν βέβαια αντίθετη με τα συμφέροντα των τότε συμμάχων τους, και ως προς το σημείο αυτό διατηρούν τα αρχεία τους απόρρητα…».

you can put google from greek to english and read for the ...gentlemen agreement thanks

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Re: a dirty gentlemen agreement between Churchill and Nazis

Postby albatros15 on 24 May 2010 17:52

Harro wrote:"mr. mathiopoulos" is Prof. Dr. Margarita Mathiopoulos and is hardly a "mr."

Please "albatros15" - at least try to get your basic facts straight.


margarita is his daughter .

vasos mathipoulos is the writer and not his daughter

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Re: a dirty gentlemen agreement between Churchill and Nazis

Postby Marcus Wendel on 24 May 2010 18:09

albatros15, please post in English, if the text needs to be translated by Google translate or some similar service, the person who posted the text (you in this case) is expected to do that instead of each person reading the thread.

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Re: a dirty gentlemen agreement between Churchill and Nazis

Postby albatros15 on 24 May 2010 18:47

Albert Speer, minister of military production of Hitler. In an interview in VASOS Mathiopoulos published in the "Step" of September 16, 1976 and included in his book Mathiopoulos "The Greek Resistance and the Allies," p. 51-52, Speer says among other things:
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"I'm aftikoos witnessed an event that gave rise to a strong impression in the autumn of 1944. I remember specifically that General Jodl, chief of the German General Staff, came one day and found me and told me that there has been a high level of agreement between England and Germany concerning Greece. The agreement - so surprising then, as I know, unique in the entire Second World War-related, at least I told Jodl, the evacuation from the German army in Greece without discomfort British ...
The Von Oven, then director of the Propaganda Ministry said in a book he wrote after the war, Goebbels that he had participated in negotiations for the conclusion of this agreement ...
I think the agreement should be ended in Lisbon and who first initiated not know, but I think it was a diplomatic level, but much higher, just to avoid any babbler.
The British, of course, do not publish now understand why. The agreement was made with Hitler was certainly contrary to the interests of time allies, and on this point keep their records confidential ... ".
u Propaganda Ministry said in a book he wrote after the war, Goebbels that he had participated in negotiations for the conclusion of this agreement ...
Think that the agreement should be ended in Lisbon and who first initiated not know, but I think there was a diplomatic level, but much higher, just to avoid any babbler.
The British, of course, do not publish now understand why. The agreement was made with Hitler was certainly contrary to the interests of time allies, and on this point keep their records confidential ... ".

vasos mathiopoulos writer , profesor of bonn university, ceo of greek television and broadcast middle of 80,

note. step is the greek newspaper BHMA he wrote this article in 1976 , very old story we had already forgot
maybe is something new for you ,never mind .
mr. mathiopoulos he wrote many books also , the time of greek hunta he was director of the greek part of doycewell , from there we learned the news because of hunta in greece.
all this the conversation with albert speer he wrote in the book before many years - the greek resistance 1941-45 and allies.
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Re: a dirty gentlemen agreement between Churchill and Nazis

Postby Hariklia on 25 Jun 2012 02:23

What we need is more Greeks (even with imperfect English) to try and close the gap between the two parallel universes of knowledge on this matter, i.e. the Greek (German, Scandinavian etc) one and the British.
General Speer's view, which was that there was a high level meeting in Lisbon between British and German politicians, is well-documented.
When the German's were packing up to leave Greece, their was an Operation called 'Noah's Ark' which was all about hounding the Germans in order to make life easier for Britain's other 'allies', the Red Army. As usual ELAS fought and fought and fought, while the British did sweet all.
Markos Vafiadis describes how ELAS was negotiating with the Germans in Macedonia to surrender. The British Liaison Officers were not keen on this, but a meeting was planned. The meeting did not go ahead, as the train the Germans were travelling on was mined. The Germans bombarded the area and left with all their weaponry. The British thus achieved their two goals: the Germans took all their ammunition to fight the 'ally' the Russians, and secondly, their other 'ally, ELAS did not take over the Germans stock pile.
Evidence that the British came to various agreements in Crete is irrefutable. E.g. after the Germans capitulated to the British in May, the British asked them to keep their weapons and 'keep order' in Hania'!! The British officers were dining out and going to concerts with the Germans until July, when the Germans finally left and the British were able to take over.
In 1944 there was a huge campaign of sabotage and other operations in Greece by ELAS, on the instructions of the Allies, to order to fool the Germans into thinking that the allied landing was going to be in Greece, instead of Sicily. The campaign was hugely successfull. However, a few weeks later, now that Greece was no longer of strategic interest, the head of the British Mission, Myers, telegraphed to London (in summary), 'I have told my officers to undermine ELAS at every opportunity. I have also suggested that they make contact with officers of the [quisling] Greek government, such as police, and to convice them that it is their right and their duty to reveal the identity of members of the resistance to the occupation authorities'. Charming ...
The British betrayal of the Greek people (their 'allies') during and after World War II must be unique in the history of mankind. It's very depressing how the English insist on remaining totally ignorant about matter.

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