Δευτέρα 23 Μαΐου 2011

Croatian island of Vis remembers World War Two role (video)

telegraph.co.uk
Croatia
Croatia has marked the final visit of British Second World War veterans to the only island in the Adriatic that withstood Hitler's onslaught, and provided a base for attacks on Nazi-dominated Yugoslavia.
By Damien McElroy in Vis, Croatia 7:00AM BST 23 May 2011

Senior government and military officials joined islanders on Vis to pay tribute Royal Navy and RAF veterans who fought German forces in the Adriatic from 1943 to 1945.
Vis was the hideout of Josep Broz Tito – the Yugoslavs Partisan leader and later the country's communist president – and the stationing of a small British combined force from 1943 transformed it into one of the most important outposts of the war....more....
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/croatia/8529443/Croatian-island-of-Vis-remembers-World-War-Two-role.html

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