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1944, 14 October: Athens is liberated and the Greek government-in-exile returns, with George Papandreou as Premier. 1944, 18 October: Premier George Papandreou and his national unity government repatriate. 1944, 3 December: "Dekemvriana" (December events). 28 people are killed by British troops and policemen in Athens.
The German Secret Field Police in Greece, 1941–44. MacFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-1476667843. German Antiguerrilla Operations in The Balkans (1941–1944). Washington DC: Center of Military History. 1953. Helger, Bengt (1949). Ravitaillement de la Grèce, pendant l'occupation 1941–44 et pendant les premiers cinq mois après la liberation.
Under the Caserta Agreement of September 1944, all resistance forces in Greece were placed under the command of a British officer, General Ronald Scobie. [22] The Western Allies arrived in Greece in October, by which time the Germans were in full retreat and most of Greece's territory had already been liberated by Greek partisans.
In the city of Smyrna (modern İzmir, Turkey), which until 1922 was a mostly Greek city, Ottoman soldiers drawn from the interior of Anatolia on their way to fight in either Greece or Moldavia/Wallachia, staged a pogrom in June 1821 against the Greeks, leading Gordon to write: "3,000 ruffians assailed the Greek quarter, plundered the houses and ...
National and Social Liberation (Greek: Εθνική και Κοινωνική Απελευθέρωσις, Ethnikí kai Koinonikí Apelefthérosis (EKKA)) was a Greek Resistance movement during the Axis occupation of Greece. It was founded in autumn 1942 by Colonel Dimitrios Psarros and politician Georgios Kartalis.
The National Council (Greek: Εθνικό Συμβούλιο) was a legislative assembly convened during the Axis occupation of Greece in May 1944, following elections organized by the National Liberation Front (EAM). Between 1.5 and 1.8 million Greeks voted in these elections, which were also the first elections Greek women were allowed to ...
Axis occupation (Collaborationist regime, Free Greece) (1941-1944) Civil War (1946-1949) Military Junta ... The following is a timeline of the history of the city of ...
31 December 1944 9 years, 36 days Restored to the throne following the 3 November 1935 referendum — Archbishop Damaskinos Αρχιεπίσκοπος Δαμασκηνός (1891–1949) 31 December 1944 27 September 1946 1 year, 270 days Regent (Named regent after the Liberation of Greece, until the conclusion of a referendum on the monarchy ...