1944

Liberated Athenians greet British soldiers in Athens

Events

January

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

April

• 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.

May

• May 1: 200 Greek patriots are executed by the Nazis at Kaisariani.

June

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

October

• 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 28: German soldiers, while on retreat, sabotaged and destroyed 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

• 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

March

• March 17: Juan Ramon Veron, footballer

April

• April 20: Yiannis Gaitatzis, footballer

December

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