War, occupation, civil war · War and occupation
General Wilson drives from Athens to Myloi through the night
25 April 1941 – 26 April 1941 Proven
General Henry Maitland Wilson, commander of all British and Commonwealth forces in Greece, moved his headquarters south of Argos in the night of 25 to 26 April 1941. His party crossed the bridge over the Corinth Canal about two hours before dawn, only hours before German paratroopers seized it. Rear-Admiral Baillie-Grohman left Athens at 19:30 on 25 April for 'the new H.Q. with General Wilson at Myli' and arrived at 05:30.
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- Myloi (the village)
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- War and occupation
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Sources
- H. M. Wilson (Field-Marshal Lord Wilson), Eight Years Overseas 1939–1947, London: Hutchinson 1950, pp. c. 95–98 Open (opens in a new tab)
- Supplement to the London Gazette no. 38293, 19 May 1948: despatch of Admiral A. B. Cunningham with the report of Rear-Admiral H. T. Baillie-Grohman, par. 26 and 30 Open (opens in a new tab)
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