Reports by Evans, Oct-Nov 1944, on operations in the Vitsi area of West Macedonia
- EVANS 2/1/6
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- 1944 Oct 10 - 1944 [Nov 12]
Interim Summary reports from Capt Patrick Hutchinson Evans, commander Vitsi sub-area, Allied Military Mission, to General Headquarters, Middle East, Cairo, Egypt, mainly relating to the conduct of Operation NOAH'S ARK, operations by Allied and Greek forces during the German withdrawal from Greece, 1944, including German Army withdrawal patterns; German concentrations at Florina; the raising of 2 Bn, 28 Regt, Ethnikos Laikos Apeleftherotikos Stratos (ELAS) 9 Div; and the abortive raids by the 'Gotsi detachment', in which Bulgarian-speaking soldiers from 2 Bn, 28 Regt, led by Gotsi Deltsif, joined Slav-Macedonian and Yugoslavian partisans to fight against Greek ELAS soldiers in the Vitsi area. 2 items