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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.
The number of 600,000 victims of the "great hunger" is mentioned in the entry dated 5 February 1942 of a "short diary of the resistance" (p. 118). An estimated 300,000 people died in the Great Famine (Greece) in 1941–1944. BBC News estimates Greece suffered at least 250,000 dead during the Axis occupation. [1]
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.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Athens, Greece This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Ioannis Kapodistrias. On his arrival, Kapodistrias launched a major reform and modernisation programme that covered all areas. He re-established military unity by bringing an end to the second phase of the civil war; re-organised the military, which was then able to reconquer territory lost to the Ottoman military during the civil wars; and introduced the first modern quarantine system in ...
When the Soviet Army began its drive across Romania in August 1944, the German Army in Greece began withdrawing north and northwestward from Greece into Yugoslavia and Albania to avoid being cut off in Greece. Hence, the German occupation of Greece ended in October 1944. The Resistance group ELAS seized control of Athens on 12 October 1944.
Immediately after the German occupation of Greece in April–May 1941, the Greek government fled to Egypt and started to form military units in exile. [6] The plethora of officers in relation to the number of ordinary soldiers, led Air Force Lt. Colonel G. Alexandris to suggest the creation of an Army unit, formed by officers, with soldier's duties.