WW2

Greece - Hundreds of WWII German Bombs Unearthed at Athens’s Hellinikon

Greece - Hundreds of WWII German Bombs Unearthed at Athens’s Hellinikon

Authorities in Athens have uncovered 314 World War Two-era bombs during a large-scale urban development project at the former Elliniko…

3 weeks ago

83 years ago, an Evzone graced the front cover of Life Magazine

On December 16, 1940, at the height of the Greco-Italian War, Life placed an Evzone with a backdrop of the…

5 months ago

Dendias confirms Greece will continue to fight for German war reparations

"The issue of German war reparations remains open for the Greek government," National Defence Minister Nikos Dendias said on Wednesday…

5 months ago

December 8, 1940 - Greek Army liberates Argyrokastro in Northern Epirus again

During the Greco-Italian War of World War II, the capital of Northern Epirus in Southern Albania, Argyrokastro (Αργυρόκαστρο, Albanian: Gjirokastër),…

6 months ago

"Greeks Fight Like Heroes": The most famous quotes about Greece in WW2

The Greeks gained fame around the world for their incredible courage and fierce resistance against the Italian, Bulgarian and German…

7 months ago

Feast Day of the Protection of the Theotokos, Agia Skepi

On October 28, the Greek Orthodox Church commemorates the Feast Day of the Protection of the Theotokos, the Mother of…

7 months ago

August 13th, 1944: German troops began the pillage and razing of Anogeia in Crete

740 metres up on the north face of Mount Psiloritis in prefecture of Rethymno lies proudly Anogeia. A village with…

9 months ago

Greece's requests in the WW2 Peace Treaty talks - The Arda Valley, Northern Epirus and the Dodecanese Islands

Unfortunately for Greece with an ongoing civil war, the Greeks could not effectively defend themselves in the Peace Treaty talks…

10 months ago

Maria Callas was so poor she sang for rice, lentils and potatoes!

Although Maria Callas is known all across the world today, few remember her poor and humble origins. It is 1942.…

1 year ago

Thessaloniki will have a new state-of-the-art Holocaust museum

The first Holocaust Museum in Greece is expected to be built at the place where the "death trains" started, which…

1 year ago

Greek Parliament on Holocaust Remembrance Day: "We remember"

The façade of the Greek Parliament commemorated the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust…

1 year ago

82 years ago, an Evzone graced the front cover of Life Magazine

On December 16, 1940, at the height of the Greco-Italian War, Life placed an Evzone with a backdrop of the…

1 year ago

Konstantinos Hatzilakos: The legendary pilot and last Greek survivor of World War II has died

At the age of 102, the last Greek survivor of the Second World War, Konstantinos Hatzilakos, who had retired with…

1 year ago

The AMAZING Oxi Day military parade in Thessaloniki - See the live video

A military parade took place in Thessaloniki to celebrate the national anniversary of October 28, popularly known in the diaspora…

2 years ago

Oxi Day: For Greece and Freedom [VIDEO]

Oxi Day commemorates the anniversary of the day that former military general and Prime Minister of Greece Ioannis Metaxas said…

2 years ago

Dendias: German war reparations to Greece still "remains open"

The issue of Germany paying war reparations to Greece for its crimes during World War I and II "remains open",…

2 years ago

"For 40 days all we saw was the stars & sky"

"In 1947, Greece was in the middle of a Civil War.  Soldiers had come to my village Gomati, in Halkidiki,…

2 years ago

July 22, 1943: Greeks fight back against Nazi intentions for Greater Bulgaria on Macedonia

Greeks have a passionate love affair with Macedonia, and even during the darkest hour of modern Greek history during the…

2 years ago

OTD in 1944: 228 innocent Greeks were killed by Nazis in the Distomo massacre

During the occupation of Greece by the Nazi Germans during World War II, they not only looted the country of…

2 years ago

Thessaloniki: World War II grenade removed from Kordelio (PHOTOS)

The army operation to remove the grenade that was located on Thursday morning in the area of ​​Kordelio in Thessaloniki…

2 years ago