The Archive · 1941

Heavy Nazi Casualties

"In the actual fighting. principally on Mount Olympus. round Grevena and at Thermopyise, about 3,000 casualties killed and wounded are ported to have been suffered by our troops. This was a very small part of the losses inflicted on the Ger~ mans, who on several occasions. sometimes for two days al a time, were brought fo 2 standstill by forees one-fifth of their number. Nor does it take any account of German losses incurred in their assaults upon the Greek and Yugoslav armies.

dare say that it is possible to ive a fuller account in the debate ext week, but I think I have said enough to show that, painful as are. Our losses. we have much to be eae SES ole prea ok flow "inc xed whether that _smesnt that 45.000 had successfully reached their bases, MY. Churehil} replied:

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