Posts Tagged “world war II”

Australian writers, Dr Maria Hill and Peter Thompson seek the truth over the role Anzacs and Greeks played in World War II.
Anzacs and Greek soldiers sharing a drink before the onslaught of the German military machine.
17 May 2010
Fotis Kapetopoulos
The Aussies were conned into it by the British, they were told a lie that ... Tags: Anzacs and Greek soldiers, Battle of Crete, Diggers and Greeks, Dr Maria Hill, Fotis Kapetopoulos, General Papagos, Germans and Italians, Greece, neoskosmos.com, Sir Thomas Blamey, world war II
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Posted by D-Mak in Greece

ATHENS, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Greek opposition lawmakers said on Thursday that Germans should pay reparations for their World War Two occupation of Greece before criticising the country over its yawning fiscal deficits.
"How does Germany have the cheek to denounce us over our finances when it has still not paid compensation for Greece's war ... Tags: debts, finance, germany, Greece, reparations, reuters.com, world war II
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OXI! When Greece fought back
Next week, on October 28 Greeks celebrate their victory over Italian Fascist dicator Mussolini's army, it was the first Alied victory against the Axis Powers.
A Greek soldier sits on one of the captured Italian mini tanks, the French made L 3 - 35. The better resourced and larger Italian ... Tags: Adolf Hitler, Axis Powers, Benito Mussolini, General Metaxas, Greece, neoskosmos.com, Northern Epirus, OXI, world war II
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Congressman John Sarbanes sends letter to State and Defense Department officials to correct inaccuracies regarding Turkey's involvement in WWII
WASHINGTON, DC—On July 9, 2009
Congressman John P. Sarbanes (D- 3rd MD) sent a letter to the Assistant Secretary of Defense, Bryan G. Whitman and Assistant Secretary of State, Philip Gordon, regarding the historical inaccuracy of a recent ... Tags: Admiral Michael Mullen, AHI, Congressman John P. Sarbanes, hellenicnews.com, Nick Larigakis, turkey, world war II
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By Aristide Caratzas
The dispute regarding the official name by which the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) is known appears to many policy makers to be anything from arcane to trivial. Yet its mishandling during the last 15 years, and especially in the last few months, has had political consequences for some of the world’s ... Tags: axis, balkans, fyrom, Greece, kaltchev, macedonia, michailov, world war II, yugoslavia
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