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*[[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]].
 
*[[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===
*[[November 1]]: Lieutenant [[Alexandros Diakos]] becomes the first Greek officer to die in [[World War II]].
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*[[November 1]]: Lieutenant [[Alexandros Diakos]] becomes the first Greek Army officer to die in [[World War II]].
 
*[[November 2]]: The Italian Air Force bombs [[Ioannina]] causing civilian casualties.
 
*[[November 2]]: The Italian Air Force bombs [[Ioannina]] causing civilian casualties.
 
*[[November 3]]: The first Greek units cross the Albanian border in pursuit of the Italian army.
 
*[[November 3]]: The first Greek units cross the Albanian border in pursuit of the Italian army.

Revision as of 11:16, October 30, 2008

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

Events

January

June

July

  • July 8: The Olympic Swimming Complex, constructed under the initiative of the Hellenic Olympic Committee at a cost of 7.5 million drachmas, is inaugurated.

August

  • August 15: The Greek war ship "Elli" is torpedoed by an Italian submarine off the coast of Tinos.

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

December