Publisher's Synopsis
The German army invaded Greece in April 1941, and remained there until October 1944. During those three long years, tens of thousands of Greek civilians perished, the economic structure of the country was destroyed, and the country plunged into a terrible civil war.;Using documentary sources in many countries (including the archives of the Office of Strategic Services in Washington), Mazower has written the first full account of the experience of occupation from the perspective of those who endured it, and from those who imposed it. The author looks at all aspects of the German occupation of Greece from the role of resistance fighters, to the growth of the black market, to the everyday struggle for survival of Greek islanders.;He has drawn his findings into a narrative account which uses many previously unpublished photographs.
