Français et Grecs pendant la drôle de guerre

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Yannis G. Mourélos

Abstract

The idea of creating a Balkan front preoccupied the Allies from the very
beginning of the war. This paper relates the French-inspired plan of sending
military forces to Salonika and its consequences both on inter-allied relations
and on relations between the Allies and the Balkan states.
The futility of this plan is also highlighted by the diversity of points of
view expressed by the main protagonists: Premiers Edouard Daladier and
Paul Reynaud, the Foreign Ministry’s secretary-general Alexis Léger, Generals
Maurice Gamelin and Maxime Weygand on the French side; Premier
John Metaxas and General Alexander Papagos on the Greek side.

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