Copyright Heroes Past and Present
Designed and developed by Stuart Gradwell and Helen Robinson. www.twoequal.com
December 1944
Mainland Greece shares borders with Macedonia, Albania, Bulgaria and Turkey and also includes more than 1,200 islands scattered throughout the Aegean Sea.
Where did it happen?
During WWII Greece was occupied by Nazi Germany, forcing King George II of Greece and his government to flee to Egypt where they set up a government in exile. Forces controlled by the Greek Communists, National Liberation Front - (EAM) and Greek People’s Liberation Army - (ELAS) organised the resistance movement back in Greece. By the time the Allied Forces fought their way to Athens in October 1944, these groups controlled most of the country. Although EAM and ELAS were communists, the Soviet leader, Stalin offered no help to them in their struggle to keep control of Greece. Instead they relied for help on the nearby Communist countries of Albania and Yugoslavia.
Why did it happen?
Read More
| Greek Info |
| Greek Interviews |
| Palestine Info |
| Palestine Interviews |
| Malayan Info |
| Malayan Interviews |
| Yangtze Info |
| Yangtze Interviews |
| Korean Info |
| Korean Interviews |
| Mau Mau Info |
| Mau Mau Interviews |
| Cyprus Info |
| Cyprus Interviews |
| Canal Zone Info |
| Canal Zone Interviews |
| Indonesia Info |
| Indonesia Interviews |
| Dhofar Info |
| Dhofar Interviews |
| Aden Info |
| Aden Interview |
| NI Info |
| NI Interview |
| Manchester Bombing |
| Falklands Info |
| Falklands Interviews |
| Gulf War 1 Info |
| Gulf War 1 Interviews |
| Bosnia Info |
| Bosnia Interviews |
| Kosovo Info |
| Kosovo Interviews |
| Sierra Leone Info |
| Sierra Leone Interviews |
| Afghanistan Info |
| Afghanistan Interviews |
| Iraq Info |
| Iraq Interviews |
| PTSD |