Η σφαγή των Καλαβρύτων και η SoE

Η εντολή για την εκτέλεση των Γερμανών αιχμαλώτων, δόθηκε από το Κάιρο. Και ο καθολικός άγγλος σύνδεσμος, που τη μετέφερε , μέχρι που πέθανε, έκανε μνημόσυνο στην Αγγλία για τους νεκρούς , μπας και καθαρίσει τη ψυχή του.

O Λοχαγός Κόναλ ο Ντόνελ με τον αδελφό του το 1942 στο Κάιρο

"On the night of 19/20th Oct 1943 my father , a Roman Catholic Irishman, Captain Conal O'Donnell Royal Engineers, aged 28, was parachuted into occupied Greece.He was a British Liaison Officer (BLO) with SOE Middle East,known as Force 133.His mission was to discover and construct isolated mountain airstrips which could be used to receive arms supplies for the Greek resistance in the Peloponnese.It was also intended to build landing grounds from which Allied fighter bombers could harry the Germans once the invasion was underway. However progress on this vital work was soon swept away as he and his colleagues were caught up in a German operation which led to the massacre of 497 men and boys in the Greek village of Kalavryta on Dec13th 1943"