Wars Fought For Stupid Reasons: Stray Dog Caused War Between Greece and Bulgaria in 1925
Wars had started over land, resources, religion, and politics. When people say that “wars have been fought over less,” however, they’re usually right; in 1925,…
FOUND! The lost Panzer Division and the wreck of “Marburg” full of German tanks and guns
Research: George Karelas and Gerasimos Sotiropoulos| Photos: As credited Text: Pierre Kosmidis By May 21st, 1941 the Germans had concluded the invasion of mainland Greece,…
Top 10 RAF Fighter Aces of WWII
Here are the top ten Royal Airforce fighter aces of World War II 10 – Adolph Gysbert Malan Often called Sailor Malan and hailing from…
German WWII atrocities in Greece
Italian troops attempted an invasion of Greece in October 1940, but the Greek army pushed the invaders back across the border into Albania. Germany intervened to…
Jewish Man who Hadn’t Been to a Doctor in 65 Years has a Good Reason for it
Yitzhak Ganon, at 85-years old, looks like an ordinary man. However, no one would guess the secrets he has kept for many years. They are…
May 1941: Operation “Merkur”, The Destruction Of The German Fallschirmjäger in Crete
The German invasion of Crete in May 1941 stands as a landmark in the history of airborne warfare. Up until that point, airborne operations had…
German WWII atrocities in Greece
Italian troops attempted an invasion of Greece in October 1940, but the Greek army pushed the invaders back across the border into Albania. Germany intervened to…
Greeks look to World War One reparations as way out of debt
[Via] The Greek debt crisis has dominated the news for weeks now, and as Greece tries to work out how it can get out of…
Marathon – Greek ‘David’ crushes Persian ‘Goliath’
When you are a small city-state enjoying a precarious existence and surrounded by potentially hostile other city states, and especially the military state of indomitable…
Greece demands €279bn from Germany for WWII occupation
Greece has recently taken a strong stance towards its demand for compensation money from Germany. Greek officials maintain that during the Second World War occupation…
THE DEFENCE AND FALL OF GREECE 1940-41 – Review by Mark Barnes
We’re not done with January yet and my entirely non-existent book of the year chart already has a candidate in this enjoyable read from John…