Historical place archive

Greece in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Greece in Italy. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

2 records2 event labels1 people1941–1941

Historical events in Greece

1941

27 April 1941
Commonwealth
Benito Amilicare Andrea Mussolini · World War, 2nd

British Commonwealth forces continue their evacuation as Axis troops complete the conquest of mainland Greece.

27 April 1941
Invasion of Greece
Benito Amilicare Andrea Mussolini · World War, 2nd

The Axis conquest of mainland Greece is effectively completed as Athens falls and Allied forces continue withdrawing south.

Provenance

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These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Italy and Greece. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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