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On today's episode, Dustin (From NoneTaken Podcast) and I, will take a look at another operation, that while doesn't have nearly as much notoriety as Operation Harling, was still nonetheless important enough (I thought anyways) that I made an episode out of it. It will include all the secret agent action, goof ups, "how could something like this happen?!?" moments, and most importantly it will give us a look at how really chaotic doing secret agent resistance stuff can be in 1940's Axis occupied Greece.

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Sources:

Red Acropolis, Black Terror- Andre Gerolymatos

Greece, 1941-1949: From Resistance to Civil War - Harris Vlavianos

Inside Hitler's Greece - Mark Mazower

Greece, The Decade at War, Occupation, Resistance & Civil War- David Brewer

The Withered Vine, The Communist Insurgency in Greece -Charles Shrader

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On today's Dustin episode, Dustin and I will drill down a bit on factors that helped accelerate the growth of the Ahndartiko going into 1943, and we will also follow the drama unfolding between competing interpretations of policy between the British SOE & the British Foreign Office. Additionally we'll continue to keep an eye on Eddie Myers and C.M. Woodhouse as they try their best to create some kind of united Ahdartiko movement.

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Sources:

Red Acropolis, Black Terror- Andre Gerolymatos

Greece, 1941-1949: From Resistance to Civil War - Harris Vlavianos

Inside Hitler's Greece - Mark Mazower

Greece, The Decade at War, Occupation, Resistance & Civil War- David Brewer

The Withered Vine, The Communist Insurgency in Greece -Charles Shrader

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Today we'll continue to follow the movements and challenges that SOE Operatives and Ahndartes will face on their way to accomplishing their final and most important objective: destroying Gorgopotamos Bridge

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Sources:

Red Acropolis, Black Terror- Andre Gerolymatos

Greece, 1941-1949: From Resistance to Civil War - Harris Vlavianos

Inside Hitler's Greece - Mark Mazower

Greece, The Decade at War, Occupation, Resistance & Civil War- David Brewer

The Withered Vine, The Communist Insurgency in Greece -Charles Shrader

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For today’s episode I had on the pod Angelo from Hearth of Hellenism, and we talked about Polytheism, specifically speaking we talked about worshiping the Ancient Greek Gods. Random conversation I know…but this is something that we had on the to do list for a while now, so it was good to make some time and chat with a friend of the pod.

So why did we have a conversation about polytheism and the Gods of Olympus? Well for one, Angelo is practicing Polytheist, Something you don’t come across often, especially in the Greek Diaspora which is overwhelmingly, Greek Orthodox.

We talked about a lot of things. Yes of course, we talked about Polytheism, but we also talked about what it means to be a greek, to be a Hellene, to worship the Ancient Greek Gods, the role religion plays in the diaspora, cultural appropriation of Hellenism, and several other topics that the conversation veered into.

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On todays episode we are going to revisit our friends in the SOE, who are hard at work trying to get the guerilla groups of the left right and center on the same page. Additionally, we will introduce ourselves to the team that will carry out the well known Operation Harling, and what that operation actually looked like on the ground in practice.

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Sources:

Red Acropolis, Black Terror- Andre Gerolymatos

Greece, 1941-1949: From Resistance to Civil War - Harris Vlavianos

Inside Hitler's Greece - Mark Mazower

Greece, The Decade at War, Occupation, Resistance & Civil War- David Brewer

The Withered Vine, The Communist Insurgency in Greece -Charles Shrader

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On todays episode we will get a closer look at the lives of TWO people who are a big part of our story going forward. Thanasis Kalaras, (AKA Aris Velouchiotis) and Napoleon Zervas. They are both controversial figures in their own way, and they are both regarded as everything ranging from traitors to patriots, depending on who you ask.

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Sources:

Red Acropolis, Black Terror- Andre Gerolymatos

Greece, 1941-1949: From Resistance to Civil War - Harris Vlavianos

Inside Hitler's Greece - Mark Mazower

https://www.sansimera.gr/biographies/1371 (1)

https://www.tovima.gr/print/politics/o-thanasis-klaras-protou-ginei-aris-velouxiotis/ (2)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDZArmp4s5o (3)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnjXBfLIxZM&t=248s (4)

https://www.kathimerini.gr/istoria/563664331/san-simera-16-ioynioy-1945-pethainei-o-aris-veloychiotis/ (5)

https://www.sansimera.gr/biographies/197 (6)

https://www.sansimera.gr/biographies/191 (7)

https://www.kathimerini.gr/istoria/563691628/napoleon-zervas-o-polemarchos-tis-ethnikis-antistasis-stin-ipeiro/ (8)

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Today we (our guest co-host Dustin, and myself included) will get a brief introduction to the alphabet soup of acronyms that is the Greek Guerilla Resistance movement, or also known as, the Andartiko. This is meant just as a introduction of sorts, as all of these groups will come up in our story going forward. Some much more than others.

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Sources:

Red Acropolis, Black Terror- Andre Gerolymatos

Greece, 1941-1949: From Resistance to Civil War - Harris Vlavianos

Inside Hitler's Greece - Mark Mazower

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Today, Dustin from NoneTaken Podcast and myself will look into British Foreign Policy towards Greece, the role of British secret intelligence services in the organization of Greek resistance bands, and what the British endgame in Greece looked like in the early early 1940's.

Sources:

Red Acropolis, Black Terror- Andre Gerolymatos

Greece, 1941-1949: From Resistance to Civil War - Harris Vlavianos

Inside Hitler's Greece - Mark Mazower

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