Difference between revisions of "1941"
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
(→January) |
(→March) |
||
| Line 10: | Line 10: | ||
===March=== | ===March=== | ||
| + | *[[March 8]]: Kathimerini publisher, [[Georgios Vlachos]], prints his famous "[[Georgios Vlachos#An Open Letter to Hitler|open letter to Hitler]]". | ||
*[[March 9]]: The Italian Spring offensive against the Greek forces commences. | *[[March 9]]: The Italian Spring offensive against the Greek forces commences. | ||
*[[March 17]]: The first British and New Zealand troops arrive in [[Greece]] as a German attack is deemed imminent. | *[[March 17]]: The first British and New Zealand troops arrive in [[Greece]] as a German attack is deemed imminent. | ||
Revision as of 14:52, February 28, 2007
Contents
Events
January
- January 5: A Greek Army football team plays against an English one (4-2) at Leoforos. Two months later, Panathinaikos face a team of English aviators (6-2). The English took these initiatives aiming to reinforce the ties with the Greek people.
- January 10: The Greek First Division liberates Kleisoura.
- January 13: Anton Christoforidis defeats Melio Bettina, in Cleveland, Ohio, by unanimous decision to win the National Boxing Association light heavyweight title.
- January 29: PM Ioannis Metaxas dies in office. He is replaced by Alexandros Korizis.
February
- February 27: British troops occupy Kastellorizo.
March
- March 8: Kathimerini publisher, Georgios Vlachos, prints his famous "open letter to Hitler".
- March 9: The Italian Spring offensive against the Greek forces commences.
- March 17: The first British and New Zealand troops arrive in Greece as a German attack is deemed imminent.
- March 20: The Italian Spring offensive against the Greek forces ends in failure.
April
- April 6: Greek PM Alexandros Korizis personally rejects a German demand for unconditional surrender.
- 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 14: The Germans enter Katerini.
- April 18: Days before Greece capitulates to the Germans, PM Alexandros Korizis commits suicide.
- April 25: Adolf Hitler signs Directive Number 28, ordering the invasion of Crete.
- 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.
October
- October 17: 250 inhabitants of Kerdylia, Serres prefecture are executed by the Germans in retaliation for the killing of a single German soldier.
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.
April
- April 10: Archbishop Chrysostomos II of Cyprus.
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
