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The museum's aim is to collect, preserve and exhibit relics from the period 1941–1945 in an appropriate manner, as well as to document and disseminate information on the people's struggle during the Battle of Crete and the subsequent German-Italian occupation.
Greece agreed in 2021 to get three new Belharra frigates for 3.0 billion euros ($3.34 billion), with an option for one more, as it aims to replace old units that have operated for more than 30 ...
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.
11th Infantry Regiment (Greece) 12th Infantry Division (Greece) 13th Light Bomber Squadron; 14th Infantry Division (Greece) 16th Infantry Division (Greece) 17th Infantry Division (Greece) 18th Infantry Division (Greece) 19th Mechanized Division (Greece) 20th Infantry Division (Greece) 29th Infantry Regiment (Greece) 41st Infantry Regiment (Greece)
Pages in category "World War II museums in Greece" ... War Museum of Thessaloniki This page was last edited on 17 February 2024, at 15:53 (UTC). ...
Me 323 Gigant in 1941. The attackers on Kastelli consisted of Captain G. I. A. Duncan of the Black Watch, two NCOs of the SBS and the Greek gendarme Vassilis Dramoundanis. The operation unfolded according to plan and on 7 June the saboteurs, assisted by the locals Giorgos Psarakis, Kimonas Zografakis (nicknamed Blackman) and Kostas Mavrantonakis, managed to destroy 5 aircraft, damage 29 others ...
Operation Manna was the codeword for a Second World War operation by the British and Greek forces in Greece in mid-October 1944, following the gradual withdrawal of the German occupying forces from the country.
Immediately after the German occupation of Greece in April–May 1941, the Greek government fled to Egypt and started to form military units in exile. [6] The plethora of officers in relation to the number of ordinary soldiers, led Air Force Lt. Colonel G. Alexandris to suggest the creation of an Army unit, formed by officers, with soldier's duties.