Sonderkommando 2000 was a German
counter intelligence unit established in Greece during its
occupation by the Axis in
WW II. It was based in
Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki (; el, Θεσσαλονίκη, , also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece, with over one million inhabitants in its metropolitan area, and the capital of the geographic region of ...
and aimed at infiltrating the
Greek resistance movement in northern Greece.
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German occupation of Greece during World War II
German occupation of Thessaloniki
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
Military units and formations of Germany in World War II
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