Difference between revisions of "1944"

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Liberated Athenians greet British soldiers in Athens

April 5: 270 Greeks are executed in the village of Kleisoura (Kastoria), by the German occupation forces, in retaliation for the killing of two German soldiers in the area.

October 12: The WWII German occupying forces move out of Athens.
October 28: German soldiers, while on retreat, sabotaged and destroyed the bridge of Papadia, and the tunnel and bridge of Brallos.

December 24: Sir Winston Churchill arrives in Athens in an attempt to resolve the political crisis between EAM and the re-instated Greek government of Georgios Papandreou.
December 27: PM Georgios Papandreou submits his resignation in the midst of the post-World War II December crisis ("Δεκεμβριανά"). Winston Churchill leaves Athens for London.

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 *[[April 5]]: 270 Greeks are executed in the village of [[Kleisoura (Kastoria)]], by the German occupation forces, in retaliation for the killing of two German soldiers in the area.
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-*[[June 2]]: Bulgarian occupation troops slay 233 Greeks in the village of [[Doxato]], [[Drama prefecture]]. Among the dead is the village priest, Papa-Sotiris Zisis and 12 women and children who sought refuge in his home.
 *[[June 10]]: German occupation troops execute 218 Greeks in [[Distomo]].