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The military history of Greece during World War II began on 28 October 1940, when the Italian Army invaded Greece from Albania, beginning the Greco-Italian War. The Greek Army temporarily halted the invasion and pushed the Italians back into Albania. The Greek successes forced Nazi Germany to intervene.
Military history of the Channel Islands during World War II (3 C, 31 P) O. Operation Neptune (3 C, 30 P) S. World War II shipwrecks in the English Channel (108 P)
Bristol Channel to Bay of Biscay: outward and return convoys used same number BD White Sea to Dikson Island: September 1943 BK White Sea to Kola Inlet: Summer 1941 BTC Bristol Channel to River Thames: 1944 1945 165 CE St. Helens Roads to Southend-on-Sea: 1940 1944 261 CW Southend-on-Sea to St. Helens Roads 1940 1944 270 DB Dikson Island to ...
World War II sites in the Channel Islands (1 C, 11 P) Pages in category "Military history of the Channel Islands during World War II" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total.
Commando: Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in World War Two. Reprinted 2002 by Greenhill Books. ISBN 1-85367-479-6; Edwards, G. B. (1981), "The Book of Ebenezer le Page" (New York Review of Books Classics; 2006). Evans, Alice Alice, (2009), Guernsey Under Occupation: The Second World War Diaries of Violet Carey, The History Press, ISBN 978-1 ...
Pages in category "World War II sites in the Channel Islands" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Battle of Leros was a combat over the Greek island of Leros between the Allies defending it and invading forces of Nazi Germany waged between 26 September and 16 November 1943. Regarded as the central event of the Dodecanese campaign of the Second World War , the term is widely used as an alternative name for the whole campaign.
During World War II Nazi Germany constructed a considerable number of fortifications in the Channel Islands which form part of the Atlantic Wall. The Channel Islands were amongst the most heavily fortified parts of the Atlantic Wall, particularly Alderney which is the closest to France.