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Ruby pistol. FN Model 1922. FN M1910. FN M1900. FN M1903. Colt M1907 Army Special. Mannlicher M1901. Chamelot-Delvigne M1873. Colt M1927 Official Police.
List of Greek military equipment of World War II. This is a list of equipment of the Greek/ Hellenic Armed Forces during World War II. This list does not include weapons used by the Greek resistance during the occupation of Greece.
The military history of Greece during World War II began on 28 October 1940, when the Italian Army invaded Greece from Albania, beginning the Greco-Italian War. The Greek Army temporarily halted the invasion and pushed the Italians back into Albania. The Greek successes forced Nazi Germany to intervene. The Germans invaded Greece and Yugoslavia ...
The Athens War Museum[ 1 ] (Greek: Πολεμικό Μουσείο Αθήνας) is the military museum of the Greek Armed Forces. It is located at the Athens city center and it is served by the Athens Metro station of Evangelismos. [ 2 ] Established in 1975, [ 3 ] the museum hosts collections that span the period from antiquity through the ...
De Bange 120mm L M1878 siege cannon at the war museum of Athens in Greece Gruson 5.3cm L/24 M1890 fahrpanzer (cannon turret) at the war museum of Athens in Greece. 75mm M1897 field cannon (French made) De Bange 120mm L M1878 siege cannon (French made) Gruson 5.3cm L/24 M1890 fahrpanzer (Bulgarian captured and German origin cannon turret)
Over 500 Greek civilians executed by Axis soldiers. The Battle of Crete (German: Luftlandeschlacht um Kreta, Greek: Μάχη της Κρήτης), codenamed Operation Mercury (German: Unternehmen Merkur), was a major Axis airborne and amphibious operation during World War II to capture the island of Crete. It began on the morning of 20 May 1941 ...
The Battle of Heraklion was part of the Battle of Crete, fought during World War II on the Greek island of Crete between 20 and 30 May 1941. British, Australian and Greek forces of 14th Infantry Brigade, commanded by Brigadier Brian Chappel, defended Heraklion port and airfield against a German paratrooper attack by the 1st Parachute Regiment of the 7th Air Division, commanded by Colonel Bruno ...
The Allies had a total of 42,000 men available. Of these, 10,000 were Greek and 32,000 Commonwealth; [13] 27,000 Commonwealth troops had arrived from Greece within a week, [14] many lacking any equipment other than their personal weapons, or not even those; 18,000 of these remained when the battle commenced. [15]