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In 1941 King George II escaped to Crete on 22 April and issued a defiant memorandum to the Germans, Hitler responded by attacking the king in a speech given on 4 May. The British feared the propaganda coup that the capture by airborne troops of a sovereign monarch under their protection would represent.
The king was staying in a villa near the village of Perivolia, outside Chania. He and his entourage narrowly escaped capture at that house and at the abode of Emmanouil Tsouderos, the prime minister. From the garden of Tsouderos's home, German paratroopers were seen landing in the area of the king's villa, although it later turned out they were members of 3rd Battalion, 3rd Parachute Rifle Regiment, which was assigned to the Galatas sector and whose members had been dropped near the villa by mistake. The king was accompanied by his cousin, Prince Peter, Colonel D. Levidis his Master of Ceremonies, Prime Minister E.Tsouderos and K. Varvaressos, Governor-in-Exile of the Bank of Greece (it was rumoured that Varvaressos had shipped to Crete the gold deposits from the Bank of Greece) What do u think? WI The King, the PM and some members of the Government escorting the King were captured by the German paratroopers??? How is that altering History? Any thoughts???
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