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Division IV Strictly confidential! Only for the personal 120 group radio broadcasting and Helldienst. Use of service! 0/101 Jn own responsibility to destroy! Test No.... ( § 353 c. RSTGB ). Pn B e r i h t e of 22 November 1991. 00-20/s L o n d o n - English, Official Greek Army Report: Our brave Trupoes have conquered the Albanian city of Koritza today and have moved into the city as benders. The advance continues. The city of Koritza has flagged. An ital. Battalion has been captured, a lot of war material has been exploited." In Athens, General Metaxas announced to the people the capture of vin Koritza. The Greek flag blows on the town hall of Koritzah. The city was taken over in Greek, administration. The crowd cheered the invading grivch, troops, and agreed to shouts on Metaxa and General Papagos. In all villages and cities, the victory glocles ring. In the churches, the people pray for victory. The Italian Wehrmacht report admitted the withdrawal. The Jtalieners allegedly took up new positions. Also on Chinokastra, strong pressure is exerted, the Greeks advance with such momentum that the Jtalians find no time for their resistance. Brit. Hunting pilots cover the advance of the Greeks. They have made the use of the ital. Stukas ineffective, with which the Jtalieners wanted to stop the Greek, advance. At the serene front the fights continue. l5 Ital. Field guns and war material were captured. A representative of the grech. The Ministry of War explained that the advance is moving forward according to a precise plan and that the Greeks will not let themselves be carried away unintentionally to bad maneuvers. At the Epirus front, the Greek have achieved a major breakthrough, so that an entire army corps can follow. The Jtalians are forced to retreat to Valona by a maneuver east of Gjinokastra (Argirokastro). Many Albanian ofrics have asked to participate in the fight against Jtalien. The provision of food in an hostile country causes great difficulties for the Jtalian people. The troops are in desperate mood. Prisoners of war say that Mussolini had not prepared a plan for the occupation. The Italian troops had been told that the Greeks would surrender. They had already carried empty trucks for the removal of the inter- national Greeks. The Greek resistance has confused everything From Corfu it can be observed that the Jtaliens are on fire on the retreat. The ital. Defeat has made a strong impression on the Balkans and even in Russia. The axis has suffered its heavy sinks due to dån war effort Jtaliens. - Jn Jtalia is getting worse and worse. Great shortage in food. Oil shortage due to poor transport situation in Germany. Jtalie now gets only one fifth of the coal that ss needs. About England for two days only small German activity, Yesterday