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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 ...
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]
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 ...
The Great Famine ( Greek: Μεγάλος Λιμός, sometimes called the Grand Famine) was a period of mass starvation during the Axis occupation of Greece (1941–1944), during World War II. The local population suffered greatly during this period, while the Axis Powers initiated a policy of large-scale plunder. Requisitions, together with a ...
Zappas Olympics. The Zappas Olympics ( Greek: Ζάππειες Ολυμπιάδες ), simply called Olympics ( Greek: Ολύμπια, Olympia) at the time, were a series of athletic events held in Athens, Greece, in 1859, 1870 and 1875, sponsored by Greek businessman Evangelis Zappas. [1] These games were one of the first revivals of the ...
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.
The Battle of Leros was the central event of the Dodecanese campaign of the Second World War, and is widely used as an alternative name for the whole campaign. After the Armistice of Cassibile the Italian garrison on the Greek island Leros was strengthened by British forces on 15 September 1943.
The 1896 Summer Olympics, [2] officially known as the Games of the I Olympiad ( Greek: Αγώνες της 1ης Ολυμπιάδας, romanized : Agónes tis 1is Olympiádas) and commonly known as Athens 1896 ( Greek: Αθήνα 1896 ), was the first international Olympic Games held in modern history. Organised by the International Olympic ...