I think we might be in danger of looking back at the abduction and the partisan war in modern 'PC' mannerThe germans needed very little excuse to murder and destroy towns and villages since very early on in the occupation ( Kandanos being the first to suffer I believe)
When travelling around the island, it's worth stopping to look at the war memorials in the villages, most are in Greek but nearly all will commemorate a group of deaths on the same day i.e. when the germans came to town
