Hanno In April 1941 the British were on the Up! after very nearly totaly annihilating the Italians in North Africa, Churchill needed to bolster the Greeks in the Balkans.
Churchill also aided and abeted the coup detat in Yugoslavia.
57,577 men and about 100 tanks(inc 60 cruiser A10) were sent to the Balkans and the 12th 20th and 19th Greek divisions were put under British command.
The Dutchman tank would have been redundant by this time in the UK having been replaced by hundreds of Valentines,Matilda and Crusier tanks,It seems quite feasible that any remaining which were servicable could have been utillised.
The Greeks had actually ordered 14 Vickers six ton Tanks prior to the war commencing, but none had been delivered.
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