1941

Events

January

• January 10: The Greek First Division liberates Kleisoura.
• January 29: PM Ioannis Metaxas dies in office. He is replaced by Alexandros Korizis.

March

• March 17: The first British and New Zealand troops arrive in Greece as a German attack is deemed imminent.

April

• April 9: During World War II, Thessaloniki falls to the German army.
• April 9: Maj. Gen. Ioannis Zisis leads his troops into Turkey rather than surrender to the Germans. Before the Turks can take his weapon, he faces Greece and shoots himself in the head.
• April 10: The hospital ship "Attica" is sunk off Cape Kafireas by Axis aircraft. Aboard the ship, captained by Dimitrios Meletopoulos, were several wounded soldiers.
• April 18: Days before Greece capitulates to the Germans, PM Alexandros Korizis commits suicide.
• April 27: The Germans enter Athens during World War II.

May

• May 20: The Battle of Crete begins.
• May 30: Manolis Glezos and Apostolos Santas take down the German flag from the Acropolis, Athens.

June

• June 1: The Battle of Crete ends in Allied defeat.
• June 3: German occupation troops enter and destroy the village of Kandanos, Crete.

July

• July 2: Chrysanthus is removed as Archbishop of Athens after refusing to swear in the Georgios Tsolakoglou government.

September

• September 9: The resistance movement EDES is founded in Athens by venizelist Col. Napoleon Zervas.
• September 27: The resistance movement EAM (National Liberation Front) is founded by several leftist groups.
• September 29: The massacre of Doxato, Drama prefecture, takes place as Bulgarian occupation forces kill 350 Greek men from the town aged 16 - 50.

Births

February

• February 8: Doukissa Fotara, Laika singer commonly known only by her first name.

Deaths

January

• January 29: Ioannis Metaxas, Greek PM during World War II.

April

• April 18: Alexandros Korizis, Greek PM who succeeded Metaxas.
• April 27: Penelope Delta, writer