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*[[December 22]]: The Greek army liberates [[Chimara]].
 
*[[December 22]]: The Greek army liberates [[Chimara]].
 
*[[December 22]]: The [[Submarine RHS Papanikolis|Submarine Papanikolis]], under the command of Lt.Cdr. [[Miltiades Iatridis]], sinks the Italian sailing vessel Antonietta by ramming in the Adriatic.
 
*[[December 22]]: The [[Submarine RHS Papanikolis|Submarine Papanikolis]], under the command of Lt.Cdr. [[Miltiades Iatridis]], sinks the Italian sailing vessel Antonietta by ramming in the Adriatic.
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*[[December 24]]: [[Submarine RHS Papanikolis]], under Lt.Cdr. [[Miltiades Iatridis]], torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Firenze (3952 BRT) in the Adriatic, off Saseno Island
 
*[[December 29]]: As the situation on the Albanian Front gets worse for the Italian forces, Mussolini replaces General Ubaldo Soddu with General Ugo Cavallero.
 
*[[December 29]]: As the situation on the Albanian Front gets worse for the Italian forces, Mussolini replaces General Ubaldo Soddu with General Ugo Cavallero.
  

Revision as of 12:10, June 7, 2007

The Greek artillery in Albania
The Greek soldier makes the cover of Life (Dec. 16, 1940)

Events

January

June

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

December

Births

February

March

May

June

July

September

October

Unknown

Deaths

February

March

November