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Wairarapa Times-Age, 19 April 1941, Page 6

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MANY GERMAN ATTACKS IN GREECE DOMINION TROOPS IN ACTION. TRAGEDY OF YUGOSLAVIA. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 12.5 p.m.) LONDON, April 18. New Zealand and Australian troops have met and repelled incessant attacks in Greece during the past six days,” states an Associated Press of Great Britain correspondent, ,Edward Kennedy. “German losses in attempts to force the passes have been enormous and it is likely that 50,000 are already dead in the invasion of Greece. The Greeks further west fought with inadequate equipment, but the utmost valour. “The Germans advanced from Grevena, but. steps have been taken to prevent the drive cutting off the British forces from behind." The correspondent says he has just traversed much of Yugoslavia and watched a gallant army, with rifles and ox-driven artillery try to drive off Hitler's hordes. He did not see at any time masses of refugees fleeing from bombed towns. They died in their homes. The bombing of Belgrade was a massacre in which at least ten thousand perished. Berlin commentators stress that the Yugoslav capitulation releases large forces for the invasion of Greece and stated that the swiftness of the German advances has shattered the hope of Anglo-American help. The “Voelkischer Beobachter” holds that President Roosevelt was largely responsible for the fate of Yugoslavia.