Crete: the Battle And the Resistance
“The battle and the resistance @page { margin-bottom: 5.000000pt; margin-top: 5.000000pt; } The decision on his fate — to be sent to a concentration camp in Germany — was processed by a certain Captain Kurt Waldheim on the mainland. Barkham and John Lodwick, the SBS officer captured in July, were sent northwards, but the train was ambushed by Jugoslav partisans. Barkham later recounted how the partisans cut the throat of the elderly German sergeant major in charge of them. A prisoner of the Brit...ish in the First World War, he had treated them with great kindness on the journey.
Verney's fears for the fate of his comrades were mercifully belied. With great psychological shrewdness, Mitsotakis berated his captors for violating the ancient traditions of the flag of truce. This was hardly an exact picture of events, since the cell had continued subversive activities for nearly a month after his peace-making approach. Mitsotakis even made great play of the fact that the German officer who had driven around Kandanos with a white flag had not been fired upon.MoreLess
Verney's fears for the fate of his comrades were mercifully belied. With great psychological shrewdness, Mitsotakis berated his captors for violating the ancient traditions of the flag of truce. This was hardly an exact picture of events, since the cell had continued subversive activities for nearly a month after his peace-making approach. Mitsotakis even made great play of the fact that the German officer who had driven around Kandanos with a white flag had not been fired upon.MoreLess
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