n 28 October 1940, Italy
dispatched an ultimatum
demanding free passage of Italian troops through Greek territory and control numerous strategic points in the country.The rejection of this humiliating ultimatum by Ioannis Metaxas,
Moreover it had enormous importance because encouraged people to resist and destroyed the prestige of Mussolini
The Germans attached Greece on 6
reflecting the general attitude of the Greek people as a whole, led to the immediate declaration of war on Greece by Italy, a war fought in the mountains of Epirus.
The German occupation to Greece was the harshest one compared with that of other European countries. By the end of the war 880,000 people had perished
The battle of Greece lasted 216 days marking the first victory for the Allies against axis.
(Greece was the first in human casualties in comparison to other)Its economy had collapsed. The greatest part of the road and rail network was destroyed .Its mineral wealth was ransacked and its small industry was ruined.
Greece entered the WW2
28 october 1940
O
The enthusiasm of
the Greek army, the spontaneous popular mobilization in the war effort and the mountainous masses of Epirus made the Italian troops have retreated into the Albanian territory.
The Greek Victory was hailed with enthusiasm by the entire fighting world.
April, 1941.
The 1940-41 war is the ultimate human
drama