Greek Italian war

It was April 6, 1941 when Germany launched a massive attack on Greece's northern border after Italy failed to capture the country.

Many Greeks raised their eyebrows when they watched the latest Netflix documentary which describes the resistance to the WWII Italian invasion as "weak." The Netflix documentary titled "World War II: From the Frontlines," claims to bring WWII to life like...

Mordechai Frizis (Μαρδοχαίος Φριζής), who fought in the Crimea and in the doomed Asia Minor campaign as well as the two World Wars, was the first senior officer in the Greek Army to fall on the battlefield during the...

Georgios Gizas passed away at the age of 106 in Nafpaktos, Greece on Saturday. He was the last Greek evzone of the heroic 2/39 Evzone Regime. Gizas wrote history for his heroism and self-sacrifice in the Greek-Italian war of...

The remains of 193 Greek soldiers who died in Albania during the Greek-Italian war in 1940-41 were given a Greek Orthodox burial on Tuesday at the military cemetery of Kelcyre (known as Kleisoura in Greek). Metropolitan Demetrios of Gjirokaster conducted...

It was April 6, 1941 when armed forces from Germany launched a massive attack on Greece's northern border after the Italian army had earlier failed miserably in its attempt to invade Greece. Adolf Hitler's original plan was to send his...

Albania's village of Digoti was the place where a funeral service was held on Friday for the 573 Greek soldiers whose remains were found in the region. The soldiers were killed during the Greek-Italian war between 1940 and 1941. Until now,...

The Albanian government took the first steps to implement the agreement between Athens and Tirana on the exhumation, identification and burial of the bones of Greek soldiers who fell on Albanian territory, during the Greek-Italian War of 1940-1941. According to...

A lot of history is being revoked during and around the Oct.28 "OXI Day" celebrations in Greece. After all, it was one of the most heroic eras of the country's history. Today we focus on the first Greek casualty of...

It has been 77 years since the beginning of the Greek - Italian war and many soldiers who lost their lives in battle are still lying in the fields and gorges of Albania, without a proper grave. Each year on...