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| + | *[[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 RHS Papanikolis|Submarine Papanikolis]], under Lt. Nicholas Roussen, sinks an enemy communications ship. | *[[November 30]]: [[Submarine RHS Papanikolis|Submarine Papanikolis]], under Lt. Nicholas Roussen, sinks an enemy communications ship. | ||
Revision as of 12:05, February 22, 2007
Events
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".
September
- 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 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.
June
- June 27: Yiannis Poulopoulos, singer
Deaths
May
- May 23: Panayiotis Toundas, Rebetiko composer