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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.

June 10: German occupation troops execute 218 Greeks in Distomo, Boeotia prefecture.

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.
October 30: Thessaloniki is liberated from the German World War II occupying forces

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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 *[[October 12]]: The WWII German occupying forces move out of Athens.
 *[[October 28]]:  German soldiers, while on retreat, sabotaged and destroyed the [[Papadia Bridge|bridge of Papadia]], and the tunnel and [[Brallos Bridge|bridge of Brallos]].
+*[[October 30]]: [[Thessaloniki]] is liberated from the German [[World War II]] occupying forces
 ===December===
 *[[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]].