Tripoli, Greece

City

Tripoli is a city of about 25,000 inhabitants in the central part of the Peloponnese, in Greece. It is the capital of the prefecture of Arcadia and the centre of the municipality of Tripolis, pop. 48,000.

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Documents about Tripoli, Greece

Tuesday 28th January 1941

Meeting minutes

extract Eden: Japan has sent an "unpleasant memorandum" over Dutch East Indies. Netherlands government will "play for time"
extract Eden: Balkans situation "disquieting", German divisions in Roumania rising to 20. Greece "frightened" to provoke Germany
extract Eden: Resistance in Eritrea less than expected. Possible we will be able to advance as far as Agordat and threaten Asmara
extract Eden meeting junior ministers. Says German morale remains good but "deteriorating" among troops in occupied territory
person Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell
person E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
place Greece
place Russian Empire
place Turkey
place Malta
place Ethiopia
place Eritrea
place Tripoli, Greece
place Bulgaria
place West Germany
organisation Foreign and Commonwealth Office
 

Thursday 20th February 1941

Meeting minutes

extract PM: "We could not very well blame them." Hopes "we should not have to put any large part of our army into Greece"
extract Churchill warns Cabinet Germans could "offer the Greeks such attractive terms that they would feel bound to make peace"
place Athens
place Greece
place Egypt
place Turkey
place Tripoli, Greece
place Bulgaria
 

Tuesday 4th March 1941

Meeting minutes

extract PM Churchill: "If resolutely tackled over the next four months, the position should show great improvement"
extract PM Churchill: "Above all, the offensive spirit must be retained in meeting the enemy's attacks on our merchant shipping"
extract PM Churchill: This is the Battle of the Atlantic which must be fought out in the shipyards and the docks, and on the seas
extract PM describes measures being taken to improve shipping situation, reduce the volume of merchant shipping awaiting repair
extract General Wavell predicts "difficulties" for German forces "if they tried to stage an early offensive against Cyrenaica"
extract Admiralty: Preliminary reports indicate raid against the Lofoten Islands "proceeding satisfactorily"
person Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell
place Gibraltar
place Tripoli, Greece
place Greenwood, Nova Scotia
organisation House of Commons of the United Kingdom
organisation Foreign and Commonwealth Office
organisation Minister of Economic Warfare
 

Monday 14th April 1941

Meeting minutes

extract PM: "Navy must be prepared to suffer heavy losses in order to cut the enemy line of communication" from Italy to Libya
extract Telegram from Yugoslav government asking for air evacuation to Athens. Greek government considering evacuation to Crete
extract General Dill: "Most serious news" German mechanised columns moving to cut off Greek army in Albania
person Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell
person Rashid Ali al-Gaylani
place Athens
place Greece
place Egypt
place Baghdad
place Iraq
place Basra
place Albania
place Cyprus
place Tripoli, Greece
place Alexandria
place Libya
organisation United States Navy
 

Meeting minutes

extract PM: Situation in Libya "considerably better" than it appeared a week ago. "Good chance" German thrust can be "liquidated"
extract PM: "Crete must be held in force". We have 59,000 men in Greece. Afraid we shall lose most of our artillery and tanks
extract PM: Clear implication the Greek Army "might be unable to continue the struggle". "We should fall in with their views"
extract PM: General Papagos has announced a withdrawal to the Thermopylae position and has suggested we re-embark our forces
person Rashid Ali al-Gaylani
place Athens
place Greece
place Egypt
place Iraq
place Basra
place Tripoli, Greece
place Libya
place Tripoli
organisation Air Force F.C.
organisation British Army
organisation Parliament of the United Kingdom
 

Meeting minutes

extract War Cabinet approves publication of "Beating the Invader" leaflet to all householders
extract Morrison: Plymouth main target for the last 3 nights. Overnight 4 oil tanks set alight. Fires not yet under control
extract Air Chief: Bombardment of Tripoli harbour "far more satisfactory" than first appeared. Several ships sunk, others damaged
extract Air Chief: Aircraft losses in last 72 hours in home and overseas theatres; Enemy 31 (+15 probable), Our Own 14
person Edward Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges
person Herbert Morrison
place Plymouth
place Fiji
place Cranborne
place Iraq
place Ethiopia
place Eritrea
place Kenya
place Tripoli, Greece
place Africa
place Addis Ababa
place Libya
place Tripoli
organisation Home Office
organisation Royal Navy