1942 ⟶ Greek Resistance Attacks Pro-Nazi Organization Headquarters
The Greek Panhellenic Union of Fighting Youths blows up the ...
Year
1942
🇬🇷 Greek Resistance Attacks Pro-Nazi Organization Headquarters
The Greek Panhellenic Union of Fighting Youths blows up the offices of the pro-Nazi National-Socialist Patriotic Organisation in central Athens, thwarting attempts to raise a Greek volunteer legion for the Eastern Front.⟶
ResistanceGreeceNazi OccupationSabotageEastern FrontAnti-FascismUndergroundWorld War II
🇬🇷 Greek Resistance Begins
The Greek People's Liberation Army makes its first appearance at Domnista, where Aris Velouchiotis proclaims the start of armed resistance against the Axis.⟶
ResistanceGreeceAxis OccupationGuerrilla WarfareWorld War IIEastern Front
💥 Operation Harling: Gorgopotamos Bridge Sabotage
Operation Harling: a team of British SOE agents, together with over 200 Greek guerrillas from both ELAS and EDES groups, blow up the Gorgopotamos railway bridge, in one of the war's biggest sabotage acts.⟶
Operation HarlingSabotageGreeceGorgopotamosRailway BridgeSOEResistanceWorld War II