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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.
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. Land weapons
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 ...
STYLKON M sea mine [18] (Greek made) Anti-tank weapons. PIAT (British made) Boys anti-tank rifle (British made) Anti-aircraft weapons. Bofors 80mm M1929 AA gun (Swedish made) Hotchkiss 25mm M1939 AA gun (American origin and French made) Rheinmetall 2cm M1937 flugzeugabwehrkanone (German captured AA gun)
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 German invasion of Greece, also known as the Battle of Greece or Operation Marita (German: Unternehmen Marita[13]), were the attacks on Greece by Italy and Germany during World War II. The Italian invasion in October 1940, which is usually known as the Greco-Italian War, was followed by the German invasion in April 1941.
List of World War II weapons of Greece; List of aircraft of Hungary in World War II; List of World War II weapons used in Ireland; List of World War II weapons of Italy;
Greece became a belligerent in World War II when it was invaded by Italy on 28 October 1940. [1] A British and Commonwealth expeditionary force was sent to support the Greeks which eventually totalled more than 60,000 men. [2] British forces also garrisoned Crete, enabling the Greek Fifth Cretan Division to reinforce the mainland campaign. [3]