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| + | *[[December 13]]: The Holocaust of [[Kalavryta]] takes place as German soldiers execute 1,101 villagers. | ||
*[[December 14]]: [[Elias Venezis]]' book "Aeolian Land" ("Αιολική Γη") is published. | *[[December 14]]: [[Elias Venezis]]' book "Aeolian Land" ("Αιολική Γη") is published. | ||
Revision as of 13:13, April 2, 2007
Events
January
- January 14: Major Ioannis Tsigantes, leader of the resistance movement Midas 614, is slain during a battle with Italian carabinieri.
March
- March 5: Dozens of Greeks are killed during a protest against conscription by the occupying Axis powers.
- March 6: ELAS guerrilas attack a convoy of Italian occupation troops at Fardykampos near Siatista, Macedonia. They capture 600 prisoners and much war materiel.
- March 15: The first convoy of Greek Jews leaves for Auschwitz.
- March 20: Italian occupation troops execute several Greeks in Kastoria, western Macedonia. Among those killed is the local priest Father Ch. Papachristou.
July
- July 13: German occupation troops burn down the village of Kefalovryso, Ioannina prefecture, Epirus. Among those executed is the village priest.
- July 22: Thousands protest in Athens against the expansion of the Bulgarian occupation zone in Macedonia.
August
- August 16: The village of Kommeno, Arta prefecture, is destroyed by the Germans. 317 of its inhabitants are slain.
September
- September 14: Greek guerrilas, belonging to the EKKA resistance movement, attack and defeat a group of German soldiers at Skaloula. Five Germans are killed and nearly 20 are wounded.
- September 14: Germans destroy 11 villages in Heraklio prefecture. 352 villagers are killed.
- September 26: The RHS Vasilissa Olga is sunk off the coast of Leros by German bombers.
- September 30: 10 Greeks are executed in Patra by the Nazis.
October
November
- November 7: German Nazi forces destroy the larger part of Karpenisi by setting it on fire.
- November 26: German occupying forces execute 118 hostages in Monodendri, Laconia.
December
- December 13: The Holocaust of Kalavryta takes place as German soldiers execute 1,101 villagers.
- December 14: Elias Venezis' book "Aeolian Land" ("Αιολική Γη") is published.
Births
May
- May 17: Viki Moscholiou, singer
July
- July 15: Loukianos Kilaidonis, singer, songwriter
October
- October 19: Takis Economopoulos, football player
Deaths
February
- February 27: Kostis Palamas, poet