An afterthought (but probably should have been a forethought) - some military units can't take prisoners. Recon teams, or special forces, for instance, _have_ to kill everything that detects them. That's their job. They can't take prisoners, and they can't let the enemy go, so they have to off them. I wonder about Uboats - kinda like a special forces unit but at sea - so can they be expected to take prisoners? not really. Can they be expected to let prisoners go? Maybe. Tough call.
But were the Greek allied at that point?
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