Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The Balkans campaign of World War II began with the Italian invasion of Greece on 28 October 1940. In the early months of 1941, Italy's offensive had stalled and a Greek counter-offensive pushed into Albania. Germany sought to aid Italy by deploying troops to Romania and Bulgaria and attacking Greece from the east.
Western Balkans 1942 and 2008. Please add a footnote crediting me if you are using this map. Date: 19 February 2008 (original upload date) Source: Own work
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Donate
4 comments Toggle Map accuracy subsection. ... File talk: Western Balkans 1942.2008.svg. Add languages. Page contents not supported in other languages. File; Talk;
Developed since April 1942, never carried out due to economical problems) Operation Salam (German plans to instigate a pro-Axis insurrection by Egyptian nationalists in May 1942. Ended in failure) Operation Störfang (combined German-Romanian assault supported by Italian naval units to capture the Crimean port city of Sevastopol. Carried out 2 ...
Over December 1941 into early 1942, Allied forces pushed the Italian-German forces back through Libya to roughly the limit of the previous Operation Compass advance. Taking advantage of the Allied position, German and Italian forces counter-attacked and pushed back the Allies to Gazala, west of Tobruk.
[5] quoted in Wheeler (1980, pp. 157–8) Although caution was advised with revealing the hope that Bulgaria and Romania would join the union, on 4 February 1942, Eden stated in the House of Commons that the treaty signed between Yugoslavia and Greece was going to be a basis for the establishment of the Balkan confederation. [5]
Map of the Balkan military theater during September 1944 – January 1945. By August 1944, the Soviet Army was approaching the Balkans. In a last-minute attempt to create a buffer state against the incoming Red Army, on 29 August, the Germans attempted to establish an 'independent' Macedonian puppet state, [74] led by Ivan Mihailov.