I suppose they purposely left their big weapons behind with the idea that the Greek factions would end up fighting each other and allow the Germans to flee unmolested, even though the Germans made life hell for the Greeks? That's the impression I got from what I've read about the German occupation.

I wonder why we should leave tanks and guns behind when they were needed on other fronts?

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I suppose they purposely left their big weapons behind with the idea that the Greek factions would end up fighting each other and allow the Germans to flee unmolested, even though the Germans made life hell for the Greeks? That's the impression I got from what I've read about the German occupation.

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Where did you read this and get your information from?

they might also have been outdated?

I don't believe the Germans would leave that much heavy armaments behind intact for enemy use. The were usually pretty thorough about destroying anything useful when withdrawing. They blew up their tanks that they couldn't salvage after Kursk, destroyed port facilities as they withdrew from western Europe and destroyed train tracks and anything else useful as they withdrew from the eastern front. Unless they were caught with their pants down and ran before they could destroy their gear. Maybe the Greeks captured some during the pullout.

I was thinking along the lines that they knew the Greeks were very busy fighting one another, and they might have left a few items on purpose to make trouble while they sneaked out.

More precisely, the Greeks that had fought against the Nazis were fighting against the Greeks who had supported the Nazis. This second group had the support of the British. Very ugly civil war with fallout that remained for decades.

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More precisely, the Greeks that had fought against the Nazis were fighting against the Greeks who had supported the Nazis. This second group had the support of the British. Very ugly civil war with fallout that remained for decades.

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This is totaly false. Civil war was the culmination of communist activities during and after the war in conjuction with the decisions made by politicians and military leaders plus British involvement in the same affairs.

So the Communists presumably had little indigenous support.

If my posts bother you so much, you seriously need help.

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So the Communists presumably had little indigenous support.

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This is not the best place to discuss such matters.

Communist guerilla groups used volunteers that joined either by their will or by "persuasion". People helped them because they thought that their enemy was the Germans, not groups with different political views, as it proved after the Germans left.

There are many unpleasant aspects in this story, from all sides involved and it is not a pleasant subject for me personnaly.