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Germany Rejects Greece's Demand for War Reparations

Germany officially rejected Greece's demand for war reparations. In June of this year, Greece once again asked Germany to return billions of euros lost as a result of the German occupation of Greece during World War II. Nazi occupiers took billions...

Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg to Produce WWII Series for Apple

Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg have joined up to produce a series set in WWII titled "Masters of the Air", which will air exclusively on Apple's new streaming service. The series is the third part of a highly successful trilogy...

Germany Completely Rejects Greek Demands for War Reparations

One day after the Greek ambassador in Berlin presented a ''note verbale'' to the German Foreign Affairs Ministry, asking Germany to negotiate with Greece on outstanding World War I and II reparations and compensation, the German Ministry issued a direct...

Battle of Crete: How Cretans Took On the Largest Axis Airborne Operation of WWII

The Battle of Crete will remain forever in military history as the scene of the largest German airborne operation of World War II. In Greek history, it also serves as another chapter showing the bravery and the ultimate triumph...

The Black Day the Nazis Attacked Greece (video)

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...

War Reparations Council: 'Greece's Fair Demands Not Satisfied in the Least'

  The Greek Council for German World War II reparations have sent a letter to the country's prime minister, the president of the Parliament and the leaders of the parties represented in the Greek and European Parliaments, informing them that it is...

Italian President to Attend Thessaloniki 'Oxi Day' Parade

A series of festive events commemorating Saint Demetrios, Thessaloniki’s patron saint, the city's liberation from Ottoman rule, and the October 28 national holiday of "Oxi Day," will commence on Friday in Macedonia's capital Italian President Sergio Mattarella along with the...

Remains of 573 Greek Soldiers Fallen in WWII Get Proper Burial

The remains of 573 Greek soldiers that fell in the mountains of Albania during the 1940-1941 Greco-Italian war, at the start of WWII, will finally be laid to rest on Friday. A funeral ceremony to be held at a new...

German President Visits Notorious Nazi Concentration Camp in Athens

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier paid a visit to the Haidari concentration camp, west of Athens on Thursday, which was operated by the Nazis during the Axis occupation of Greece in World War II. Steinmeier and his wife laid flowers at...

Greek Festival to Re-enact 1941 Nazi Invasion (video)

A German attack on northern Greece in April 1941 is to be reenacted this weekend. The Roupel Battle Historical Revival Festival will re-stage the Wehrmacht's assault on the northern border near Serres on Saturday and Sunday. The legendary Roupel battle, where...