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  2. 1 May 1944 Kaisariani executions - Wikipedia

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    Executions. A pamphlet announcing "the execution of 200 communist prisoners in Kaisariani, on May 1st, 1944 in retaliation for the killing of a German general. Greek voluntary corps executed also 100 communists on their own initiative." On 27 April 1944, ELAS partisans ambushed and killed the German general Franz Krech and three other German ...

  3. Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Athens) - Wikipedia

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    The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier ( Greek: Μνημείο του Αγνώστου Στρατιώτη, romanized : Mnimío tou Agnóstou Stratióti) is a war memorial located in Syntagma Square in Athens, in front of the Old Royal Palace. It is a cenotaph dedicated to the Greek soldiers killed during war. It was sculpted between 1930 and 1932 by ...

  4. Military history of Greece during World War II - Wikipedia

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    The military history of Greece during World War II began on 28 October 1940, when the Italian Army invaded Greece from Albania, beginning the Greco-Italian War. The Greek Army temporarily halted the invasion and pushed the Italians back into Albania. The Greek successes forced Nazi Germany to intervene. The Germans invaded Greece and Yugoslavia ...

  5. Athens War Museum - Wikipedia

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    Evangelismos station, bus. Website. www .warmuseum .gr. The Athens War Museum [1] ( Greek: Πολεμικό Μουσείο Αθήνας ), established on July 18, 1975, is the museum of the Greek Armed Forces. Its purpose is the exhibition of weapon artifacts and the relevant research in the history of war. It covers the history of war in all ages.

  6. The Holocaust in Greece - Wikipedia

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    The Holocaust in Greece was the mass murder of Greek Jews, mostly as a result of their deportation to Auschwitz concentration camp, during World War II. By 1945, between 82 and 92 percent of Greek Jews had been murdered, one of the highest proportions in Europe. Before the war, approximately 72,000 to 77,000 Jews lived in 27 communities in ...

  7. Axis occupation of Greece - Wikipedia

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    The occupation of Greece by the Axis Powers ( Greek: Η Κατοχή, romanized : I Katochi, lit. 'the occupation') began in April 1941 after Nazi Germany invaded the Kingdom of Greece to assist its ally, Italy, in their ongoing war that had started in October 1940. Following the conquest of Crete, the entirety of Greece was occupied starting ...

  8. Greek resistance - Wikipedia

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    Greek resistance. Part of the Balkans Campaign of World War II and the Resistance against the Axis Powers. Athens University students parading on Greek National Indpendence Day (25 March) 1942, in defiance of the German and Italian occupation forces; the parade was eventually dispersed by Axis troops. Date.

  9. Gyros - Wikipedia

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    The name comes from the Greek γύρος ( gyros, 'circle' or 'turn'). It is a calque of the Turkish döner, from dönmek, also meaning "turn". [7] In Athens and other parts of southern Greece, the skewered meat dish elsewhere called souvlaki is known as kalamaki, while souvlaki is a term used generally for gyros, and similar dishes. [8]

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