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*[[September 14]]: Germans destroy 11 villages in [[Heraklio prefecture]]. 352 villagers are killed.
 
*[[September 14]]: Germans destroy 11 villages in [[Heraklio prefecture]]. 352 villagers are killed.
 
*[[September 15]]: German occupation troops execute 42 Greeks at [[Gdochia]], [[Lasithi prefecture]], [[Crete]].
 
*[[September 15]]: German occupation troops execute 42 Greeks at [[Gdochia]], [[Lasithi prefecture]], [[Crete]].
*[[September 26]]: The [[RHS Vasilissa Olga]] is sunk off the coast of [[Leros]] by German bombers.  
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*[[September 26]]: The [[RHS Vasilissa Olga]] is sunk off the coast of [[Leros]] by German bombers.
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*[[September 29]]: 49 Greeks are executed in [[Paramythia]], [[Epirus]] by ethnic Albanians and Nazis.  
 
*[[September 30]]: 10 Greeks are executed in [[Patra]] by the Nazis.
 
*[[September 30]]: 10 Greeks are executed in [[Patra]] by the Nazis.
  

Revision as of 20:03, December 4, 2007

Events

January

  • January 4: Swimmer Georgios Ivanof of Iraklis Salonica, is executed during the German occupation. To honor his memory the club names its basketball court to Ivanofio (Ιβανόφειο) after him.
  • January 14: Major Ioannis Tsigantes, leader of the resistance movement Midas 614, is slain during a battle with Italian carabinieri.
  • January 19: The "RHS Vasilissa Olga" sinks the Italian ship Stromboli off the coast of Tunisia.

February

March

  • March 5: Dozens of Greeks are killed during a protest against conscription by the occupying Axis powers.
  • March 6: ELAS guerrilas attack a convoy of Italian occupation troops at Fardykampos near Siatista, Macedonia. They capture 600 prisoners and much war materiel.
  • March 12: Italian occupation troops execute 40 Greeks at Tsaritsani.
  • March 15: The first convoy of Greek Jews leaves for Auschwitz.
  • March 20: Italian occupation troops execute several Greeks in Kastoria, western Macedonia. Among those killed is the local priest Father Ch. Papachristou.
  • March 23: Archbishop Damaskinos and several Greek business leaders formally request that measures be taken by the Logothetopoulos government for the protection of Greek Jews.

April

June

  • June 6: Greek communist leader, Pantelis Pouliopoulos, is executed by the Italians near Larisa.
  • June 25: 200,000 Greeks take to the streets in a general strike against the German occupation authorities.

July

August

September

October

  • October 3: 82 Greeks are executed by the German occupation forces in Epirus.

November

December

Births

March

May

July

October

December

Unknown

Deaths

January

February

June

Unknown