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*[[June 3]]: German occupation troops enter and destroy the village of [[Kandanos]], [[Crete]]. | *[[June 3]]: German occupation troops enter and destroy the village of [[Kandanos]], [[Crete]]. | ||
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===September=== | ===September=== | ||
*[[September 29]]: The massacre of [[Doxato]], [[Drama prefecture]], takes place as Bulgarian occupation forces kill 350 Greek men from the town aged 16 - 50. | *[[September 29]]: The massacre of [[Doxato]], [[Drama prefecture]], takes place as Bulgarian occupation forces kill 350 Greek men from the town aged 16 - 50. | ||
Revision as of 19:20, June 3, 2006
Events
January
- January 29: PM Ioannis Metaxas dies in office. He is replaced by Alexandros Korizis.
March
- March 17: The first British and New Zealand troops arrive in Greece as a German attack is deemed imminent.
April
- 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 18: Days before Greece capitulates to the Germans, PM Alexandros Korizis commits suicide.
- 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.
September
- September 29: The massacre of Doxato, Drama prefecture, takes place as Bulgarian occupation forces kill 350 Greek men from the town aged 16 - 50.
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