Difference between revisions of "1943"

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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 20: Italian occupation troops execute several Greeks in Kastoria, western Macedonia. Among those killed is the local priest Father Ch. Papachristou.

July 13: German occupation troops burn down the village of Kefalovryso, Ioannina prefecture, Epirus. Among those executed is the village priest.

August 16: The village of Kommeno, Arta prefecture, is destroyed by the Germans. 317 of its inhabitants are slain.

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 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.

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.

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 ===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 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===
 *[[October 3]]: 82 Greeks are executed by the German occupation forces in [[Epirus]].