Historian John Keegan writes that Tsolakoglou "was so determined... to deny the Italians the satisfaction of a victory they had not earned that... he opened quite unauthorised parley with the commander of the German SS division opposite him, Sepp Dietrich, to arrange a surrender to the Germans alone."
2. verdenskrigs historikeren John Keegan skriver, at Tsolakoglou "var så opsat på at italienerne ikke skulle have den tilfredsstillelse at få en sejr, som de ikke havde fortjent, at han ganske uden tilladelse indledte forhandlinger med lederen af den tyske SS division, som lå overfor ham, Sepp Dietrich, for at aftale en overgivelse til tyskerne alene."