[AU72]

running down the Germans - which seems to be a favorite topic

I read about the German occupation of Greece in WWII and brutal would not begin to describe it.

[snoringbear]

“I read about the German occupation of Greece in WWII and brutal would not begin to describe it.”

I have as well. No doubt about it, the Germans were brutal toward the Greece, primarily because Greece was the only country in Europe that did not capitulate to the Germans. The Germans would go into a Greek village demanding names and locations of Greek partisans. When, the Greeks refused to talk the Germans would line up the whole village and execute them. No question that the Greeks were fierce fighters and were very patriotic. But, I’m thinking, maybe it’s time to let it go. Heck, they’re still pissed at the Persians and the Ottoman Empire. I’ll say one thing for Greeks, they know how to hold a grudge :)

[Old Teufel Hunden]

"I read about the German occupation of Greece in WWII and brutal would not begin to describe it."

No worse than what the Japanese did to the Koreans and Phillipinos. Yet these two countries have managed to get over it and work with Japan. I think the Greeks "problem" with Germany is crying over spilt milk and acting like children. If I were Germans I would be offended at having to constantly bail out a race of people who believe it's their right to retire at 50 - 55 and live high on the hog on their pensions forever. Now, I'm not saying that this is all Greeks. However, it's a large enough portion of them that it's a problem.