Last week the unhappiest figures man can tabulatethe casualties of warbegan to pour in from Britain and Germany as an aftermath of the Greek campaign. Even though these official figures probably could not be taken at their face value, they totted up a serious material defeat for Britain.
Men. The respective chiefs of state gave their reckonings on troops. Winston Churchill said:
"In view of extravagant claims made by the enemy, I think right now I shall give the figures, so far as they are known to us, of the evacuation of Empire forces from Greece. Up to the time when evacuation was...