1944

Liberated Athenians greet British soldiers in Athens

Events

January

• January 11: Allied airplanes bombard the harbour of Piraeus.

October

• October 12: The WWII German occupying forces move out of Athens.
• October 28: German soldiers, while on retreat, sabotaged and destroyed the bridge of Papadia, and the tunnel and bridge of Brallos.

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

December

• December 2: Dionysis Savvopoulos, music composer, lyricist and singer