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Bayonet (made in different countries, to attach on rifles and muskets) Improvised knife (Greek made) Janbiya dagger (Arabian made) Khanjali dagger sword (Caucasian made, also known as Kinzhal) M1730 sword (Austrian made) Yatagan sabre (Turkish captured and Greek made)
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 ...
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.
Made by the Greek vehicle manufacturer ELBO, includes 90 upgraded Leonidas I. [33][68] 1,995. M113A1/1E. United States. 1,034 M113A1, 313 M113A1G (German variant of the M113A1) and 648 M113A2. Most equipped with a M2 Browning heavy machine gun, a number will be an equipped with a GMG grenade launcher.
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 ...
World War II. Greco-Italian War (1940–1941) Battle of Greece (1941) Battle of Crete (1941) First Battle of El Alamein (1942) Second Battle of El Alamein (1942) Invasion of Normandy (1944) Greek Civil War (1945–1949) Korean War (1950–1953) Kosovo Force
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.