“Derek Dodson:Entering Thessaloniki in Twenty-One Steps"

The British Major Derek Dodson left a unique record of the Allies’ entry into<br/>Thessaloniki at the time of the German withdrawal from the city in October<br/>1944. The record is preserved among Dodson’s papers, which are held at the<br/>Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives at King’s College London. Dodson’s<br/>report reveals a widening gap dividing the various Greek resistance groups<br/>and also a perceived need on the part of the British to act decisively. The race<br/>was on to recapture Thessaloniki and to retake primacy, and this race was<br/>symptomatic of the unresolved power struggle that fueled the ensuing Civil<br/>War. Here, Part B of Dodson’s “Final Report on Third Visit to Greece” appears<br/>in print for the first time, along with an introduction to the author and his<br/>role, notes to the text, a map of the relevant area, and an image of the first<br/>page of the unpublished typescript manuscript.