Sydney school teacher and historian Vasilis Vasilas efforts to gather personal narratives of Greek war veterans have culminated into a new book Between the Shots and the Silence: Hellenes at War (World War II and Korean War), which was released lately.The book focuses on veterans war stories from the Greek-Italian War (1940-41), the Greek armed forces in North Africa, Italy and Greece (1941-44) and the Greek Expeditionary Force in the Korean War (1950-58). There is also a chapter on the Greeks, whether Greek nationals or Australians of Greek parentage, within the Australian armed forces during the Second World War. Included in the North Africa and Italy of World War II chapter are also three stories from three Greek Cypriot veterans in the British Army at the time. Vasilis Vasilas told Sotiris Hatzimanolis that sixty-four veterans participated in this project, making it an important historical document.
Sydney school teacher and historian Vasilis Vasilas efforts to gather personal narratives of Greek war veterans have culminated into a new book Between the Shots and the Silence: Hellenes at War (World War II and Korean War), which was released lately.The book focuses on veterans war stories from the Greek-Italian War (1940-41), the Greek armed forces in North Africa, Italy and Greece (1941-44) and the Greek Expeditionary Force in the Korean War (1950-58). There is also a chapter on the Greeks, whether Greek nationals or Australians of Greek parentage, within the Australian armed forces during the Second World War. Included in the North Africa and Italy of World War II chapter are also three stories from three Greek Cypriot veterans in the British Army at the time. Vasilis Vasilas told Sotiris Hatzimanolis that sixty-four veterans participated in this project, making it an important historical document.
