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Originally posted by MarkoZ
Hi, This my first Post on what is an excellent site!. several years ago I was reading Churchills history of World War 2 and in particular the Section on the Invasion of Greece.
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He referred specifically to its armoured content which consisted of 24 Captured Italian L 3's and some 'Dutch Tanks'.
My view of this was that He was inferring that the British had supplied some Vickers light Tanks to the Greek Army!
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Indeed. At least two Dutchmen (T 16680 and -probably- 16703) were used by the 19th Motorised Division. If dear old Winston is right about the 24 L3s (how would he know such details?), and given that the Division had 27 tanks in total, that gives 3 Dutchmen. The Division also had 77 Universal Carriers, and apparently Morris Quads and some CMP trucks.
At the British Pathe website you can access a film (and corresponding stills) showing the arrival of some of that equipment in Greece. Film ID is 1637.25.
Apologies to Fyll for "stealing his thunder".
Best regards
Aris Kosionidis