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Capture of Athens

Italy · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1941

Benito Amilicare Andrea Mussolini27 April 1941

Athens · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Athens falls to Axis forces after the Greek and British Commonwealth withdrawal from mainland Greece.

Names involved

Benito Amilicare Andrea Mussolini

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