Difference between revisions of "1940"
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
| Line 8: | Line 8: | ||
===December=== | ===December=== | ||
*[[December 3]]: The Greek army liberates [[Premeti]]. | *[[December 3]]: The Greek army liberates [[Premeti]]. | ||
| + | *[[December 5]]: Colonel Mardochaios Frizis (Μαρδοχαίος Φριζής) is killed near Premeti during the Greek-Italian confrontation. He is the first high ranking officer to fall in battle in [[World War II]]. | ||
*[[December 6]]: The Greek army liberates [[Agioi Saranda]]. | *[[December 6]]: The Greek army liberates [[Agioi Saranda]]. | ||
*[[December 8]]: The Greek army liberates [[Argyrokastro]]. | *[[December 8]]: The Greek army liberates [[Argyrokastro]]. | ||
Revision as of 13:58, December 5, 2005
Events
October
- October 28: Prime Minister Ioannis Metaxas replied with the single-word reply "no", when Mussolini demanded occupation rights to strategic Greek sites. Greece officially entered World War II.
November
- November 22: The Greek army on the counter-offensive enters Korytsa in World War II
- November 24: The Greek army "liberates" the town of Moschopolis (known in Albanian as Voskopoja and in Aromanian as Moscopole) of northern Epirus (Albania) during the counter-offensive operations against the Italians in WWII
December
- December 3: The Greek army liberates Premeti.
- December 5: Colonel Mardochaios Frizis (Μαρδοχαίος Φριζής) is killed near Premeti during the Greek-Italian confrontation. He is the first high ranking officer to fall in battle in World War II.
- December 6: The Greek army liberates Agioi Saranda.
- December 8: The Greek army liberates Argyrokastro.
- December 22: The Greek army liberates Chimara.
Births
October
- October 28: Poly Panou, popular singer