Dodecanese Greeks?
Dodecanese Greeks?
During WWII, Italy practiced conscription both towards its citizens and towards the native inhabitants of its African colonies. What was the status of the (ethnically Greek) inhabitants of the Dodecanese? I have never heard of units made of Dodecanese men; were they exempt/banned from military service?
Re: Dodecanese Greeks?
There where the Corp of "Carabinieri di Rodi" is mixted italian / dodecanese born( greeks but also Turks).
In Africa not coscription of native , only recalled the reserve ( ex ascari).
In Africa not coscription of native , only recalled the reserve ( ex ascari).
Re: Dodecanese Greeks?
Are you sure? In Andrea Santangelo's book "Operazione Compass" I read that Libyan askaris were drafted, for instance.