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An Ammunition Train in Greece

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

by Peter Fleming
In April 1941 the British Forces In Greece were short of ammunition. Peter Fleming volunteered to get an ammunition train out of Larissa from which the Allies were retreating. Unfortunately neither he nor his men had ever driven a train before....
(Previously broadcast Nov. 11, 1949)

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