1942Operation Harling: Gorgopotamos Bridge Sabotage

Operation Harling: a team of British SOE agents, together wi...
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💥 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 Harling: Gorgopotamos Bridge Sabotage (1942)
Operation HarlingSabotageGreeceGorgopotamosRailway BridgeSOEResistanceWorld War II

🇬🇷 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.
Greek Resistance Attacks Pro-Nazi Organization Headquarters (1942)
ResistanceGreeceNazi OccupationSabotageEastern FrontAnti-FascismUndergroundWorld War II