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| + | *[[September 11]]: The Greek forces in Egypt come under German airforce bombardment. Four soldiers are killed and ten are wounded. | ||
*[[September 12]]: The Greek [[Submarine RHS Papanikolis|submarine Papanikolis]] put the commandos ashore at Kokkini Ammos, [[Rhodes]] who, with the help of two local men - Nikos Savvas and Georgios Kyrmichalis, made their way to the airports at [[Kalathos (Lindos)|Kalathos]] and Maritsa, where they destroyed German war planes. | *[[September 12]]: The Greek [[Submarine RHS Papanikolis|submarine Papanikolis]] put the commandos ashore at Kokkini Ammos, [[Rhodes]] who, with the help of two local men - Nikos Savvas and Georgios Kyrmichalis, made their way to the airports at [[Kalathos (Lindos)|Kalathos]] and Maritsa, where they destroyed German war planes. | ||
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===October=== | ===October=== | ||
*[[October 23]]: Greek units take part in the Battle of El Alamein. | *[[October 23]]: Greek units take part in the Battle of El Alamein. | ||
Revision as of 15:06, March 26, 2007
Events
February
- February 5: The EAM Youth Movement is founded during the Axis occupation of Greece.
March
- March 14: The Axis powers impose upon Greece a "loan" for their expenses in occupying the country. The loan was estimated in 1993 to be equivalent to US$9 billion of that time. The Axis powers promised to repay the loan "in the future".
April
- April 28: Future Foreign Minister Evangelos Averoff-Tossizza is arrested by the Italian occupation forces for resistance-related activities.
June
September
- September 11: The Greek forces in Egypt come under German airforce bombardment. Four soldiers are killed and ten are wounded.
- September 12: The Greek submarine Papanikolis put the commandos ashore at Kokkini Ammos, Rhodes who, with the help of two local men - Nikos Savvas and Georgios Kyrmichalis, made their way to the airports at Kalathos and Maritsa, where they destroyed German war planes.
October
- October 23: Greek units take part in the Battle of El Alamein.
November
- November 11: Greeks in Istanbul are subjected to the Varlik Vergisi by the Turkish Parliament.
- November 25: Guerrilas from both EDES and ELAS blow up the Gorgopotamos Bridge used by Germans to supply Gen. Rommel's Afrika Korps.
- November 30: Submarine Papanikolis, under Lt. Nicholas Roussen, sinks an enemy communications ship.
December
- December 15: The British destroyer HMS Petard and Coast defense battleship Vasilissa Olga sink the Italian submarine Uarsciek (620 tons) south of Malta, towards the area of Benghazi, Libya.
Births
January
- January 19: Giorgos Hadjinasios, composer
- January 22: Mimis Domazos, footballer
March
- March 27: Aristides Loumidis, industrialist.
May
- May 11: Former Princess Irene of Greece
June
- June 27: Yiannis Poulopoulos, singer
Deaths
May
- May 23: Panayiotis Toundas, Rebetiko composer