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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.
April 18: Alexandros Svolos replaces Evripidis Bakirtzis as head of the Political Committee of National Liberation (the government of the mountains).
April 24: 318 Greeks are killed by German occupation troops in Pyrgos, Kozani prefecture. 180 of them were burned alive.

May 1: 200 Greek patriots are executed by the Nazis at Kaisariani.
May 4: The village of Saktouria in Rethymno prefecture, Crete, is totally destroyed by German occupation troops.
May 9: 10 Greeks are hanged by the German occupation forces at Psila Alonia, Achaea prefecture. Several were members of the resistance group EAM.

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

September 15: ELAS Guerrilas attack and capture Meligala, Messinia. Atrocities follow.

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 18: The Greek Government in exile, under Georgios Papandreou, arrives in Piraeus.
October 20: Joseph Stalin and Sir Winston Churchill partition eastern Europe into "spheres of influence". Greece is marked as 90% under British and only 10% under Soviet influence.
October 28: German soldiers, while on retreat, sabotage and destroy 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 4: Communist organisation ELAS and nationalist Organisation X battle at Theseum for control of Athens.
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 17]]: The Greek government-in-exile boards the [[Battleship Georgios Averof]] for the return trip to [[Athens]].
 *[[October 18]]: The Greek Government in exile, under [[Georgios Papandreou]], arrives in [[Piraeus]].
+*[[October 20]]: Joseph Stalin and Sir Winston Churchill partition eastern Europe into "spheres of influence". Greece is marked as 90% under British and only 10% under Soviet influence.
 *[[October 28]]:  German soldiers, while on retreat, sabotage and destroy 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