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This week in the War, 25–31 December 1944: Christmas Day in Athens

Posted on December 25, 2016 by secondbysecond

Winston Churchill was enjoying a family Christmas Eve—which included the gift of a Christmas tree from President Roosevelt—when, after reading the last of the day’s telegrams, the Prime Minister realized that the situation in Greece required his urgent attention. This week … Continue reading →

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This week in the War, 4–10 October 1943: Two islands

Posted on October 5, 2015 by secondbysecond

This week in the war, massacres of prisoners occurred on two widely separated islands. The first incident took place on the Greek island of Kos in the eastern Mediterranean, close to the coast of Turkey. Italian forces had occupied the island … Continue reading →

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This week in the War, 28 April–4 May 1941: British forces pull out of Greece, leaving Germany victorious

Posted on April 29, 2013 by secondbysecond

Dunkirk, Norway, and finally Greece. On 28 April 1941, the British evacuated their expeditionary force from the Greek mainland, thereby abandoning Britain’s last foothold on continental Europe to the conquering German army. The plight of Greece, that had begun with … Continue reading →

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This week in the War, 31 March–6 April 1941: Hitler invades Yugoslavia and Greece

Posted on April 5, 2013 by secondbysecond

This week in the war, on 6 April 1941, German forces invaded Yugoslavia and Greece. Goering’s Luftwaffe launched heavy attacks against Belgrade, despite the Yugoslavian capital having been declared an open city. Further Luftwaffe raids wrecked the Greek port of … Continue reading →

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This week in the War, 10–16 February 1941: Erwin Rommel arrives in North Africa

Posted on February 11, 2013 by secondbysecond

This week in the war, 11 February 1941, the British War Cabinet made its fateful decision to send an expeditionary force to Greece, where a German invasion was expected by March. Thus O’Connor lost the resources and the window of … Continue reading →

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This week in the War, 2–8 December 1940: Greeks advance into Albania

Posted on December 4, 2012 by secondbysecond

The Greece-Bulgaria front was quiet. This allowed Greek C-in-C, Alexandros Papagos, to transfer the bulk of his forces to oppose the Italian invasion coming from Albania. Despite the Greek’s lack of armour and inability to oppose the Italians in the … Continue reading →

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This week in the War, 28 Oct–3 Nov 1940: Emergenza G—Crisis in Greece

Posted on October 30, 2012 by secondbysecond

The euro: €. Today, everyone knows that the present decline in the European currency has much to do with the current crisis in Greece. Like anywhere else, Greece has known ups and downs, and will eventually bounce back. Believe me, … Continue reading →

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