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1943 In Greece
This is a list of events that happened in 1943 in Greece. Incumbents *Monarch: George II *Prime Minister: Emmanouil Tsouderos Events *16–17 February – Domenikon massacre by the Italian Army. *7 April – Konstantinos Logothetopoulos is dismissed as collaborationist Prime Minister and is succeeded by Ioannis Rallis. *14 May – The forces of EAM-ELAS attack the EKKA's 5/42 Regiment. *23 June – The forces of EAM-ELAS attack the EKKA's 5/42 Regiment and forcibly dissolve it. *5 July – The main Greek resistance groups conclude the National Bands Agreement. *12 August – Massacre of Kommeno by the German Army. *8 September – The Italian garrison on Kastellorizo surrenders to the Allies. *8 September – Jürgen Stroop becomes the country's HSSPF. *9–11 September – The Germans under Ulrich Kleemann seize Rhodes from the Italians. *14–16 September – Viannos massacres by the German Army. *15–24 September – Massacre of the Acqui Division on the island of Ceph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greece
Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the east. The Aegean Sea lies to the east of the Geography of Greece, mainland, the Ionian Sea to the west, and the Sea of Crete and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. Greece has the longest coastline on the Mediterranean Basin, spanning List of islands of Greece, thousands of islands and nine Geographic regions of Greece, traditional geographic regions. It has a population of over 10 million. Athens is the nation's capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city, followed by Thessaloniki and Patras. Greece is considered the cradle of Western culture, Western civilisation and the birthplace of Athenian democracy, democracy, Western philosophy, Western literature, historiography, political science, major History of science in cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viannos Massacres
The Viannos massacres () were a mass extermination campaign launched by German forces against the civilian residents of around 20 villages located in the areas of east Viannos and west Ierapetra provinces on the Greek island of Crete during World War II. The killings, with a death toll in excess of 500,Γ. Δ. Χρηστάκης, Κ. Γ. Στεφανάκης. Επαρχία Βιάννου, 1940–1945: το ολοκαύτωμα του 1943', Σύλλογος Βιαννιτών Ηρακλείου "Ο Πατούχας", 2000Fermor, Patrick Leigh; Cooper, Artemis. ''Words of Mercury'', John Murray, London, 2004, .Lewis, Damien. ''Churchill's Secret Warriors: The Explosive True Story of the Special Forces Desperadoes of WWII'', Quercus Editions Ltd, 2014; . [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1943 In Greece
This is a list of events that happened in 1943 in Greece. Incumbents *Monarch: George II *Prime Minister: Emmanouil Tsouderos Events *16–17 February – Domenikon massacre by the Italian Army. *7 April – Konstantinos Logothetopoulos is dismissed as collaborationist Prime Minister and is succeeded by Ioannis Rallis. *14 May – The forces of EAM-ELAS attack the EKKA's 5/42 Regiment. *23 June – The forces of EAM-ELAS attack the EKKA's 5/42 Regiment and forcibly dissolve it. *5 July – The main Greek resistance groups conclude the National Bands Agreement. *12 August – Massacre of Kommeno by the German Army. *8 September – The Italian garrison on Kastellorizo surrenders to the Allies. *8 September – Jürgen Stroop becomes the country's HSSPF. *9–11 September – The Germans under Ulrich Kleemann seize Rhodes from the Italians. *14–16 September – Viannos massacres by the German Army. *15–24 September – Massacre of the Acqui Division on the island of Ceph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elena Souliotis
Elena Souliotis (spelled Suliotis in the early part of her career; ; 28 May 19434 December 2004) was a Greek operatic soprano. Biography Elena Souliotis was born in Athens, Greece, of Greek and Russian parents but moved with her family to Argentina at an early age. She studied with Mercedes Llopart, who also taught Renata Scotto, Anna Moffo, Fiorenza Cossotto, Ivo Vinco and Alfredo Kraus Trujillo. She made her debut in 1964 as Santuzza in Mascagni's ''Cavalleria rusticana'' in Naples. She made her United States debut at the Lyric Opera of Chicago during the 1965-66 season as Elena in Boito's ''Mefistofele''; her colleagues in that performance were Renata Tebaldi, Alfredo Kraus and Nicolai Ghiaurov. Other roles that she went on to sing soon afterwards were Luisa Miller, Amelia in '' Un ballo in maschera'' and the title role of '' La Gioconda''. A partial list of other operas in which she sang during the first part of her career (1964–1974) include Verdi's ''Aida'' and '' L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drakeia Massacre
The Drakeia massacre () refers to the mass execution of 115 men by SS soldiers in the village of Drakeia, located on Mount Pelion, in Thessaly, on 18 December 1943. It was part of the multiple Nazi reprisals against the Greek Resistance in occupied Greece.Foot, John, ''Italy's Divided Memory'', Palgrave Macmillan (2009) p.146 A wake in memory of the victims is held in the area every year, in the presence of members of the Greek Parliament, members of the Government of Greece The Government of Greece (Greek language, Greek: Κυβέρνηση της Ελλάδας), officially the Government of the Hellenic Republic (Κυβέρνηση της Ελληνικής Δημοκρατίας) is the collective body of the Gre ... and other dignitaries. References Nazi war crimes in Greece 1943 in Greece Massacres in 1943 Massacres in Greece during World War II Thessaly in World War II December 1943 in Europe Violence against men in Greece Massacres committed by Naz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piraeus
Piraeus ( ; ; , Ancient: , Katharevousa: ) is a port city within the Athens urban area ("Greater Athens"), in the Attica region of Greece. It is located southwest of Athens city centre along the east coast of the Saronic Gulf in the Athens Riviera. The municipality of Piraeus and four other suburban municipalities form the regional unit of Piraeus, sometimes called the Greater Piraeus area, with a total population of 448,051. At the 2021 census, Piraeus had a population of 168,151 people, making it the fourth largest municipality in Greece and the second largest (after the municipality of Athens) within the Athens urban area. Piraeus has a long recorded history, dating back to ancient Greece. The city was founded in the early 5th century BC, when plans to make it the new port of Athens were implemented: A prototype harbour was constructed, which resulted in concentrating in one location all the import and transit trade of Athens, along with the navy's base. During the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athens
Athens ( ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city of Greece. A significant coastal urban area in the Mediterranean, Athens is also the capital of the Attica (region), Attica region and is the southernmost capital on the European mainland. With its urban area's population numbering over 3.6 million, it is the List of urban areas in the European Union, eighth-largest urban area in the European Union (EU). The Municipality of Athens (also City of Athens), which constitutes a small administrative unit of the entire urban area, had a population of 643,452 (2021) within its official limits, and a land area of . Athens is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, world's oldest cities, with its recorded history spanning over 3,400 years, and its earliest human presence beginning somewhere between the 11th and 7th millennia BCE. According to Greek mythology the city was named after Athena, the ancient Greek goddess of wisdom, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massacre Of Kalavryta
The Kalavryta massacre (), or the Holocaust of Kalavryta (), was the near-extermination of the male population and the total destruction of the town of Kalavryta, Axis-occupied Greece, by the 117th Jäger Division (Wehrmacht) during World War II, on 13 December 1943. History In early December 1943, the German Army's 117th Jäger Division began a mission named ''Unternehmen Kalavryta'' (Operation Kalavryta), intending to encircle Greek Resistance guerrilla fighters in the mountainous area surrounding Kalavryta. During the operation, 78 German soldiers, who had been taken prisoner by the guerrillas in October, were executed by their captors. In response, the commander of the German division, General Karl von Le Suire personally ordered the "severest measures" – the killing of the male population of Kalavryta – on 10 December 1943. Operation Kalavryta was mounted from six cities: Patras, Aigion, and Corinth on the Gulf of Corinth and from Argos, Pyrgos and Tripolis in central ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Leros
The Battle of Leros was a combat over the Greek island of Leros between the Allies of World War II, Allies defending it and invading forces of Nazi Germany waged between 26 September and 16 November 1943. Regarded as the central event of the Dodecanese campaign of the World War II, Second World War, the term is widely used as an alternative name for the whole campaign. After the Armistice of Cassibile the Kingdom of Italy, Italian garrison on the Greece, Greek island Leros was strengthened by United Kingdom, British forces on 15 September 1943. The battle began with German air attacks, continued with the landings on 12 November, and ended with the capitulation of the Allied forces four days later. Background The island of Leros is part of the Dodecanese island group in the south-eastern Aegean Sea, which had been under Italian occupation since the Italo-Turkish War. During Italian rule, Leros, with its excellent deep-water port of Lakki, Leros, Lakki (Portolago), was transfor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Schimana
Walter Schimana (12 March 1898 – 12 September 1948) was an Austrian Nazi and a general in the SS during the Nazi era. He was SS and Police Leader in the occupied Soviet Union in 1942 and Higher SS and Police Leader in occupied Greece from October 1943. Responsible for numerous war crimes and atrocities in the occupied territories, Schimana was arrested by the Allies after the war and died by suicide while awaiting trial. Life Schimana was born in Austrian Silesia, the son of a publisher of a pro-German newspaper. In 1915, after attending school, he went to a cadet school in Prague. He then transferred to the Theresian Military Academy in Wiener-Neustadt, graduating in December 1918. He was assigned to Schützenregiment Nr. 1., a unit of the ''Imperial-Royal Landwehr''. Moving to Bavaria, he joined the 3rd Battalion of the 2nd Bayerisches Reichswehr-Infanterie-Regiment 44 in Passau on 1 June 1919, and was promoted to ''Fähnrich der Reserve'' (cadet officer of the res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Kos (1943)
The Battle of Kos () was a brief battle in World War II between British/Italian and German forces for control of the Greek island of Kos, in the then Italian-held Dodecanese Islands of the Aegean Sea. The battle was precipitated by the Allied Armistice with Italy. German forces with strong air support quickly overwhelmed the Italian garrison and the recent British reinforcements, denying the Allies a base to attack the German presence in the Balkans and leading to the expulsion and death of the island's Jewish population. Background With the capitulation of Italy in September 1943, German forces in the Balkans and the Mediterranean moved to take over the Italian-held areas. At the same time, the Allies, under the instigation of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, endeavoured to occupy the Dodecanese island chain. The Dodecanese islands, under Italian control since 1912, were strategically located in the southeastern Aegean Sea, and Churchill hoped to use them as a bas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paramythia Executions
The Paramythia executions, also known as the Paramythia massacre (19–29 September 1943) was a Cham Albanian collaboration with the Axis, combined Nazi Germany, Nazi and Cham Albanians, Cham Albanian war crime perpetrated by members of the 1st Mountain Division (Wehrmacht), 1st Mountain Division and the Muslim Cham militia in the town of Paramythia and its Thesprotia, surrounding region, during the Axis occupation of Greece, in World War II. In this, 201 Greeks were murderedprimarily the Greek community's representatives and intellectualsand 19 municipalities in the region of Paramythia were destroyed. The aftermath of World War II, years after the end of the war and the defeat of the Axis Powers, a Pursuit of Nazi collaborators, series a war crime trials condemned these actions, however Trial in absentia, not a single defendant was ever arrested and brought to trial, as they already had fled into Albania. At the Hostages Trial in Nuremberg (1948), the American judges reached the de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
