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===October=== | ===October=== | ||
*[[October 12]]: The WWII German occupying forces move out of Athens. | *[[October 12]]: The WWII German occupying forces move out of Athens. | ||
| + | *[[October 17]]: The Greek government-in-exile boards the [[Battleship Georgios Averof]] for the return trip to [[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 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 | *[[October 30]]: [[Thessaloniki]] is liberated from the German [[World War II]] occupying forces | ||
Revision as of 11:16, June 1, 2006
Liberated Athenians greet British soldiers in Athens
Events
January
- January 11: Allied airplanes bombard the harbour of Piraeus.
April
- 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.
May
- May 1: 200 Greek patriots are executed by the Nazis at Kaisariani.
June
- June 10: German occupation troops execute 218 Greeks in Distomo, Boeotia prefecture.
October
- October 12: The WWII German occupying forces move out of Athens.
- October 17: The Greek government-in-exile boards the Battleship Georgios Averof for the return trip to 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
- 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.
Births
March
- March 17: Juan Ramon Veron, footballer
April
- April 20: Yiannis Gaitatzis, footballer
December
- December 2: Dionysis Savvopoulos, music composer, lyricist and singer