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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]
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 ...
Apostolos Santas. The German War Flag being raised on the Acropolis of Athens, April 1941. Apostolos Santas ( Greek: Απόστολος Σάντας; 22 February 1922 – 30 April 2011), commonly known as Lakis, was a Greek veteran of the Resistance against the Axis Occupation of Greece during World War II, most notable for his participation ...
May 27, 2024 at 4:03 AM. Rod Davis will speak about a famous World War II battle at the Oconee County Library. Rod Davis, an Athens man who has visited World War II battlefield sites in Europe ...
The Greek junta or Regime of the Colonels [a] was a right-wing military dictatorship that ruled Greece from 1967 to 1974. On 21 April 1967, a group of colonels overthrew the caretaker government a month before scheduled elections which Georgios Papandreou 's Centre Union was favoured to win.
733 missing. c. 2,000 killed. The Dekemvriana ( Greek: Δεκεμβριανά, "December events") refers to a series of clashes fought during World War II in Athens from 3 December 1944 to 11 January 1945. [1] The conflict was the culmination of months of tension between the left-wing EAM, some parts of its military arm, the ELAS, stationed in ...
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 Independence Day (25 March) 1942, in defiance of the German and Italian occupation forces; the parade was eventually dispersed by Axis troops. Date. April 1941 – October 1944.
v. t. e. The Hellenic State ( Greek: Ελληνική Πολιτεία, romanized : Elliniki Politeia, also translated as Greek State [2]) was the collaborationist government of Greece during the country's occupation by the Axis powers in the Second World War .