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The Germans and their propaganda about the capture of British General Davies

2022-11-20 21:24:00Histori SHKRUAR NGA MARENGLEN KASMI
The Germans and their propaganda about the capture of British General Davies
The Germans and their propaganda about the capture of British General Davies

The informative newspaper of the German troops in Albania and Montenegro "Situata" (Die Lage), which was published by the propaganda company of the German army in Tirana, on January 18, 1944, in its number 72, announced on its front page for the capture of the British general Davies by the forces of the National Front, which were led by Azis Biçaku.

The capture of General Davies happened in the continuation of the German operation "1828", which was organized by about 6,500 German forces and about 1,500 Ballistic forces in the Çermenike-Şëngjergj-Martanesh region. The main purpose of organizing this operation was to capture the UNCL General Headquarters and the British mission, which was headed by Davies. Operation "1828" began with five attack groups that came at the same time from the directions of Dibër, Librazhd, Elbasan, Tirana and Burrel, closing this entire region with an iron pincer.

General Davies was captured together with his non-commissioned officer, after being wounded in the fighting with Azis Bicak's ballistas, who was decorated by Hitler for this service he did to the Germans. The capture of the head of the British military mission in Albania served German propaganda a lot, as can be clearly read from the language in which the article that we are publishing today for the first time is written.

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The British general is captured

The British leadership in Albania was hit

On January 8, 1944, in the mountains south of Kostenja, General Davies, head of the British military mission, who was pursued since November 18, 1943 in the Martanes region, surrendered to the men of Azis Bicak and a small German troop, where the German operation. After a fierce fight of several hours, he was wounded by the people of Bicak and taken prisoner in his presence, to be handed over to the German troops.

With this action, the British leadership in Albania received a blow.

This is how the British were tracked down

Immediately after the publication of the news of the capture of the head of the British military mission in Albania, the German specialist doctor, accompanied by a group of soldiers, went immediately to give first aid to the head of the British military mission in Albania, who was injured .

To get better, he needed a piece of bread from the German soldier's ration rather than medical needles. The Brit was left hungry on bread, saying that for him and his companion, it was the first time in 4 weeks that they were eating food worthy of a man. The non-commissioned officer, who was captured with him, added that the bit of margarine which he took from a German soldier's grease-box, and which he licked his first piece of bread in many days, was the most expensive gift he had received in this country. . The German soldiers were polite and did not remind them at this time of the contents of a British leaflet dropped from the plane, which closed with the cry: "Come to us, the best-fed soldiers in the world."

As the great darkness and the bad state of the roads did not seem advisable to transport the Englishman during the night, the doctor decided to stay with the wounded man until morning. The peculiarity of the situation—the lack of proximity to a well-educated man, though (or rather) an enemy, when dealing with communist thugs—may make the Englishman more talkative than he usually is and than might be expected in his condition. .

 However, he tried to start a conversation where he did not hide the fact that the experiences of the last weeks had discouraged him from continuing the adventurous life he had been forced to lead since his arrival in Albania.

Wherever he went, seeking shelter near the cities or hiding in the mountains between impassable paths, he always fell into the siege, which the German troops organized against the communist gangs together with the nationalist forces. When he was cut off from all opportunities to carry out the task assigned him, in one form or another, when he thought how to save his life, he had to learn that he would find no support in those whom he had come to directed. The bandits felt themselves threatened by the ever-increasing force of the German blows and fled from him. Thus he with his companions wandered the streets of this country, which his garrulous employers still continue to claim in their pamphlets that they wished to liberate him, although General Davies should have reported to them that,

It is surprising the lack of knowledge of the country and people that Davies discovered in recounting his experiences.

He directed his anger against those Albanians, from whom he, the uninvited and unwanted agitator, had expected hospitality and help, as a reward for the turmoil he wanted to bring to a country that was in search of peace and tranquility. Especially when he had to realize that the fulfillment of his mission would be impossible because of the vigilance of the German leadership, the superior fighting strength of the German troops and the resistance of the healthy nationalist forces against the British interference efforts, then he complained about the lack of hospitality of the Albanians. It had to be made clear to him that the condition for its provision on the part of the host is the belief in the integrity of the ideas (ethos), which causes a foreigner to be accepted in the Albanian's home. This is precisely what the British could not convey under any circumstances.

For this reason, they themselves had shown him the door, from whom he had hoped to welcome him with open arms, when he had set foot on Albanian soil for the first time.

Pursued endlessly through the mountains, the British's last stand was broken by the fire of the weapons of those men, who fight alongside the German troops for the liberation of Albania from communist terror. On the way to Tirana, Davies said that he had seen Tirana so many times from the surrounding mountains and had always wanted to know this city. However, he never thought that this wish would be granted so quickly and under unexpected circumstances. "You can give me a rifle without worry," he told his companions, "I don't shoot anymore. I'm tired!"

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