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PART ONE. THE MILITARY POLITICAL SITUATION IN THE BALKANS
(October 1940 - March 1941)	1
Chapter 1. The Great Powers
I. Germany	2
II. Italy	3
III. Soviet Union	7
IV. Great Britain	9
Chapter 2. Germany's Satellites in the Balkans
I. Hungary	10
II. Romania	10
III. Bulgaria	12
Chapter 3. The Other Balkan Countries
I. Turkey	16
II. Yugoslavia	20
PART TWO. THE YUGOSLAV CAMPAIGN (Operation 25)
Chapter 4. Political and Strategic Planning	25
I. Military Topography	26
II. Hitler's Concept of the Strategic Factors	27
Chapter 5. The Plan of AttackI. The Outline Plan	29
II. The Timing of the Attacks	30
III. Second Army	31
IV. First Panzer Group	32
V. XLI Panzer Corps	33
Chapter 6. The Defense Forces
I. General	33
II. Defensive Plans	33
III. Training and Tactics	35
IV. Guerrilla Warfare	35
V. Fortifications	36
VI. Order of Battle	36
VII. Deficiencies and Confusion	37
Chapter 7. The Attack Forces
I. Command Posts	38
II. The Luftwaffe	39
III. Second Army	39
IV. First Panzer Group	41
V. XLI Panzer Corps	41
Chapter 8. Logistical Planning and Assembly of Second Army
I. The Rail Transportation Problem	42
II. The Danube as a Route of Transportation	44
III. Other Logistical Planning	46
IV. The Assembly of Second Army	47
Chapter 9. Operations
I. The Air Bombardment of Belgrade	49
II. The Three - Pronged Drive on the Yugoslav Capital	50
III. Secondary Attacks	55
IV. Italian and Hungarian Operations	60
V. The Final Drive on Sarajevo	61
VI. Armistice Negotiations	63
VII. Losses	64
Chapter 10. Lessons
I. General	64
II. Coalition Warfare	65
III. Assembly	65
IV. Other Organizational and Tactical Improvisations	66
Chapter 11. Conclusions
I. Yugoslav Military Unpreparedness	66
II. Internal Disunity	68
III. German Propaganda	69
IV. Seeds of Unrest	69
PART THREE. THE GERMAN CAMPAIGN IN GREECE (Operation MARITA)
Chapter 12. General
I. Political and Military Events (October 1940 - April 1941)	70
II. Military Topography	74
II. Topography	74
III. Strategic Factors	77
Chapter 13. The Defense Forces
I. Yugoslav Forces	79
II. Greek Forces....	79
III. British and Imperial Forces	80
Chapter 14. The Attack Forces	81
15. The Plan of Attack	82
16. The Assembly - Logistical Problems	83
17. Operations
I. The German Thrust across Southern Yugoslavia	86
II. The 2d Panzer Division Drive to Salonika	87
III. The Struggle across the Metaxas Line	88
IV. The Seizure of Western Thrace	89
V. Capitulation of the Greek Second Army	89
VI. The German Estimate of the Situation on 9 April	89
VII. The Breakthrough to Kozani	91
VIII. The Withdrawal of the Greek First Army	94
Chapter 17. Operations Continued
IX. Securing the German Rear Areas	96
X. The Fighting near Mount Olympus	96
XI. Continuation of the XL Panzer Corps Drive	100
XII. Regrouping of German Forces	102
XIII. The Last British Stand at Thermopylae	104
XIV. The Seizure of the Isthmus of Corinth	107
XV. The German Drive on Athens and across the Peloponnesus	111
XVI. Losses	112
Chapter 18. Lessons
I. Employment of Armor in Mountainous Terrain	112
II. Air Support	112
III. Flying Columns	112
IV. Mission Type Orders	114
V. Mountain Training and Equipment	114
VI. Patrol Activities	114
VII. Obstacles and Demolitions	116
VIII. Pacification of Enemy Territory	116
Chapter 19. Conclusions	116
PART FOUR. THE SEIZURE OF CRETE (Operation MERKUR)
Chapter 20. General
I. Strategic Factors and Planning	119
II. Situation in the Eastern Mediterranean	120
III. Military Topography	121
IV. The Defense Forces	123
V. The Attack Forces	124
VI. The Plan of Attack	126
VII. The Assembly - Logistical Problems	127
Chapter 21. Operations
I. The Initial Airborne Landings (20 May 1941)	129
II. The Seaborne Invasion (20-22 May)	133
III. The Continuation of the Struggle (21 May-1 June)	133
VI. Casualties and Losses	140
Chapter 22. Lessons	141
23. Conclusions	147
PART FIVE. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CAMPAIGNS IN THE BALKANS AND THE INVASION OF RUSSIA	148
Chapter 24. Influence of the Plans for Operation BARBAROSSA on the Campaigns in the Balkans
I. Hasty Execution of the Balkan Campaigns	149
II. Hurried Redeployment from the Balkans	149
III. Defective Occupation of Yugoslavia and Greece	149
Chapter 25. Effect of the Balkan Campaigns on Operation BARBAROSSA
I. Delay of Operation BARBAROSSA	150
II. The Redeployment of the Ground Forces	150
III. The Influence on Air Operations	151
IV. The Balkan Campaigns as a Diversion	151
Chapter 26. Conclusions	152
APPENDICES
I. German Chain of Command at the Start of the Balkan Campaigns (6 April 1941)	152
II. Chronological Table of Events	153
III. Bibliographic List	158
MAPS
1. General Reference Map	1
2. German Operations and Plans July 1940 - March 1941	5
3. The Campaigns in the Balkans - Deployment and Initial Objectives	42
4. The German Campaign in Yugoslavia (Operation 25)	49
5. The German Campaign in Greece (Operation MARITA)	70
6. The Strategic Importance of Crete	119
7. The Seizure of Crete (Operation MERKUR)	122
ILLUSTRATIONS
1. The Military Bridge across the Danube	18
2. Bridge across the Drava River Damaged by the Yugoslavs	28
3. Yugoslav Obstacles across the Railway Tracks near Spielfeld	34
4. German Supply Column Crossing a 4,100-Foot Pass in Bulgaria	40
5. German Emergency Bridge Replaces Demolished Structure	45
6. Prime Movers Towing Heavy Trucks along Muddy Road	51
7. German Patrol Returning from a Raid across the Yugoslav Border	56
8. Man and Beast Working Together to PuIl Vehicles out of the Mud	59
9. German Mark III Tank Advancing through Mountain Pass Protectedby Flak	62
10. Disabled Yugoslav Tank	67
11. Gun Emplacements in a Greek Mountain Position	73
12. Antitank Obstacles along the Metaxas Lie	76
13. Obstacles along the Yugoslav-Greek Border	78
14. German Infantry Marching through Bulgarian Mountains toward theGreek Border	80
15. Oxen and Horses Hitched in Tandem to Ierman Field Kitchen in theMountains of Bulgaria	85
16. German Artillery Firing at Meaxas line Fortifications	87
17. Metaxas Line Defenses near Rupcl Gorge	88
18. Road Block near Greek Border	90
19. Mountain Division on the March thro,:gt! Nor",ern Greece	92
20. German Infantry "Invading" Islands i, tLe A ;sn Sea	95
21. German Tank Burns during Attack on the Rid:e.near Platamon	97
22. German Tank Descending Slope toward Pinios River	99
23. German Tanks Get Stuck during the Crossing of the Pinios River	101
24. German Convoy Waiting to Cross the Pinios River on a Pneumatic Boat Ferry	103
25. German Tanks Approaching the Thermopylae Pass	105
26. Construction of an Emergency Bridge near Thermopylae Pass	106
27. The Airborne Operation against the Isthmus of Corinth	108
28. Right: The Destruction of the Corinth Canal Bridge.Top: The Canal after the Explosion	109
29. Motorized Column Advancing along the Railroad Tracks from Thebesto Athens	110
30. A Motorized and a Mountain Infantry Column Share Road to Athens	113
31. Difficult Terrain in Central Greece	115
32. German Engineer Using Mine Detector	117
33. German Motor Sailer Three Miles Southwest of Cape Spatha	125
34. Mountain Troops Preparing for Airlift to Crete	128
35. Maleme Airfield with Hill 107 in Background	131
36. Airborne Landings West of Maleme	134
37. Disabled British Tank near Canea	136
38. The Struggle for Heraklion Airfield	138
39. The First Mules Have Arrived in Crete	140
40. Airborne Landings over the North Coast of Crete	144
41. Antitank Gun, Attached to Five Parachutes, Is Dropped over Crete	146
(Most of the illustrations are U. S. Army photos from captured German films; a few are reproductionsfrom the collection of captured combat paintings now in the custody of the Chief of Military History, SpecialStaff, U. S. Army.)
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