WWI
Europe
Iconic Christmas Truce Football Photo Shot in Thessaloniki, Greece
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This iconic Christmas truce photograph of British soldiers playing football has become famous. However, as Professor Peter Doyle says, the photo was not shot along the front lines of WWI in France and Flanders, but thousands of miles away...
Cyprus
Cyprus President in Paris to Commemorate WWI Centennial
The President of the Republic of Cyprus, Nicos Anastasiades, traveled to Paris on Thursday evening in order to attend commemoration events for the centennial of the armistice ending WWI. He is there at the invitation of French President Emmanuel...
Archaeology
WWI Troops Found Ancient Greek Treasures While Digging Trenches
It is something of a running joke that you can't dig anywhere in Greece without stumbling across some relic of the country's ancient past.
Wartime is apparently no exception to this rule, as an exhibition dedicated to the sites and...
Greece
Series of Events on Lemnos to Commemorate ANZACs that Fell in Gallipoli
The island of Lemnos will be holding a series of events at Mydros on Friday, to commemorate the ANZACs that fell in the notorious Battle of Gallipoli, during World War I.
The commemoration ceremonies will start with a memorial service at the...
Greece
Astonishing Photos of Athens circa 1917 go on Display
Rare photographs of Athens and its life a century ago will go on display for the first time in Greece at Benaki Museum.
The material comes from the French military archives, with photographs taken by two French soldiers turned photographers,...
Greece
70 Years Since the Return of Greek Battleship from the Middle East
A century has passed since Greek battleship “G. Averof” sailed into the Faliro bay and was appointed as the flagship of the Hellenic Navy, heading the martial efforts of the Hellenic Nation for self determination and restoration of Hellenism in...
Greece
On the Trail of Ho Chi Minh in Edessa
According to the first Vietnamese Ambassador to Greece Vu Binh,who visited Edessa in response to an invitation from Mayor Dimitris Giannou to mark Oxi Day on Oct. 28, Vietnamese revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh served with the French army...