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==Events==
 
==Events==
 
===January===
 
===January===
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*[[January 2]]: An earthquake registering 5.2 on the Richter scale strikes [[Kefalonia]]. 
 
*[[January 5]]: Greek boxer, [[Anton Christoforidis]], marks his US debut by defeating Willie Pavlovich in Madison Square Garden, New York.
 
*[[January 5]]: Greek boxer, [[Anton Christoforidis]], marks his US debut by defeating Willie Pavlovich in Madison Square Garden, New York.
 
*[[January 26]]: Greece and Britain sign a major trade agreement.
 
*[[January 26]]: Greece and Britain sign a major trade agreement.
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*[[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.
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*[[November 3]]: Greek forces of the 8th Division beat back an Italian assault against Kalpaki hill in [[Epirus]].
 
*[[November 9]]: After the complete failure of the [[World War II|invasion of Greece]] by the Italian military, Mussolini replaces General Sebastiano Visconti Prasca with General Ubaldo Soddu, his former Vice-Minister of War.
 
*[[November 9]]: After the complete failure of the [[World War II|invasion of Greece]] by the Italian military, Mussolini replaces General Sebastiano Visconti Prasca with General Ubaldo Soddu, his former Vice-Minister of War.
 
*[[November 17]]: The last Italian invaders leave the Greek soil.
 
*[[November 17]]: The last Italian invaders leave the Greek soil.
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===November===
 
===November===
 
*[[November 1]]: Lt [[Alexandros Diakos]], first Greek officer to fall in battle in [[WWII]]
 
*[[November 1]]: Lt [[Alexandros Diakos]], first Greek officer to fall in battle in [[WWII]]
*Date Unknown: [[Dimitris Pierrakos]], footballer killed in the [[Battle of Pogradec]]
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*[[November 17]]: [[Giorgos Vatikis]], footballer - killed in action.
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*[[November 18]]: [[Dimitris Pierrakos]], footballer killed in the [[Battle of Pogradec]]
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===December===
 
===December===
 
*[[December 5]]: Col [[Mardohaios Frizis]], first high ranking officer to fall in battle in [[World War II]].
 
*[[December 5]]: Col [[Mardohaios Frizis]], first high ranking officer to fall in battle in [[World War II]].

Latest revision as of 14:03, November 8, 2015

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.
  • July 12: Two Greek Navy auxiliary vessels - the Orion and the Hydra - are attacked by Italian aircraft off the coast of Crete.

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.
  • October 30: Pilot Officer Evangelos Yiannaris becomes the first Greek officer to be killed during World War II.
  • October 31: Greek warships "Psara" and "Spetses" bombard Italian positions in Albania.
  • October 31: British forces land in Crete.

November

December

Births

January

February

March

May

June

July

August

September

October

Unknown

Deaths

February

March

November

December