Greek History During World War II

For several years until World War II officially started, most countries in the world, especially Europe, were in a state of chaos. Greece is no exception. Greece officially entered into a war on October 28, 1940. Shortly thereafter, Ivanis Metaxas, the country's leader, died suddenly. What followed after these two main events was war for several years, Greece was invaded, occupied, and then civil war.

Greece - the Italian War showed the beginning of Greece's participation in the Second World War. On 28th October 1940, Italy invaded Greece after successfully invading Albania. In Italy Bulgaria also wanted to invade the country, but this has never happened.

The Greek forces proved that for the Italian army it was finally prohibited, and it let the German intervene. Initially Greek invasion was not necessarily German battle plan. Some people think that the fight against the Greek army is one of the reasons the German army was forced to invade Russia in the winter, but the German army is not well equipped.

German invasion, also known as the Greek fight, began on April 6, 1941, when Kalamata went to the hands of Germans, and ended on April 30, 1941. Greek forces and resistance fighters did their best to prevent Germans from occupying the country. But they failed

When the German Army successfully entered into Athens on April 27, 1941, the Greek invasion was nearly complete. When Greece surrendered, the Germans occupied the mainland of Greece.

After Germany defeated and occupied the mainland of Greece, the battle was moved to Crete. Strategically, Crete is an ideal island occupied by Germans. By dominating Crete, the Nazi Army will be the starting point for other attacks in the area

After a day's battle, things seem to be not optimistic for Germans. Crete actually gained some help from his allies. However, after the first victory, Crete finally fell to the Germans. On the second day of the battle, the three airports surrendered to Germany. The rest of the island is right behind

The Germans dominated the island, but German airborne troops issued a lot of victims. In addition, the Cretans did not easily occupy Germans. In order to encourage Germans to leave the island, the battle of resistance will continue

After the end of the Second World War, Germans withdrew from Greece. However, events from battle and war confused the country both physically and economically. What was going on was dissatisfaction that ultimately led to the civil war in Greece. The war began in 1946 and ended in 1949. Basically the British army supported the Communist army. After all, the Communist Party failed.

World War II affected Europe as a whole, Greece was no exception. But when the real problem of Greece began entering the Civil War after the end of the war. After three years of battle, those who backed Greek democracy safely defeated the Greek Communist Party.

During the Second World War Greece was occupied by Germans. When Germany lost in the war, they left the country. But Greece's problem is not over yet. During the war, the Greek government fled from this country and tried to operate Greece from a distance. At the same time, the resistance group rose and tried to withdraw Nazis out of the country. This creates conditions for turbulent situations that take time to resolve. After World War II, the outline of what happened in Greece is as follows: In the end, the Communist Party formed a democratic army of the Communist Party of Greece and challenged this point, the Greek government established the army. After all, the national army can suppress the riot of Communists, but that does not mean there is no result. About 100,000 Greeks were killed in this conflict. After the war, the territory of Greece expanded to include a part of Italy such as the Dodecanese archipelago.

The Greek military history during World War II began on October 28, 1940, when the Italian army invaded Albania and began the war between Greece and Italy. The Greek forces temporarily stopped the invasion and pushed the Italians back to Albania. Greece 's success forced Nazi Germany to intervene. The Germans invaded Greece and Yugoslavia on April 6, 1941. The UK provided assistance to Greece in the form of an expeditionary army, but they invaded both countries within a month. The conquest of Greece was completed in May and Creta was taken from the air despite extensive casualties in this operation. As a result, Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (German Advanced Command) abandoned a large airborne operation. . war