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Name: Greco-Italian War

Type: Event

Start: 1940 AD

End: 1941 AD

Parent: World War II (Balkan Theatre)

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Was a conflict between Greece and Italy during World War II that started with the Italian invasion of Greece.

Chronology


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  • April 1941: Italo-Greek front as of April, 4th 1941 (based on maps).

  • 1. Italian offensive (Greco-Italian War)


    Were the Italian operations during the Greco-Italian War.

  • April 1941: On 11 April, the Italian 2nd Army launched its offensive, capturing Ljubljana, Sušak and Kraljevica on the same day.
  • April 1941: On 13 April the Italian occupied Otočac and Gradac.
  • November 1940: Igoumenitsa was captured by the Italians on 6 November.
  • April 1941: The Italian 133rd Armoured Division Littorio and the 52nd Infantry Division Torino took Senj.
  • November 1940: The Greek forces reach the Pindus area of the Greek-Italian border.
  • April 1941: The Italian army conquers of Kastav, Kalce and Logatec.
  • April 1941: Italian Motorized Corps took Dubrovnik.
  • April 1941: Knin was taken by the Axis forces.
  • April 1941: Split and Sibenik were taken by Italian forces on 15 and 16 April, respectively.
  • November 1940: By the night of 29/30 October, the Greek covering units had withdrawn to the Kalpaki line.
  • November 1940: The Italians managed to capture Konitsa.
  • November 1940: The Italian Julia Division captured the village of Vovousa.
  • November 1940: The Italians reached Margariti.

  • 2. Greek counter-offensive (Greco-Italian War)


    Were the Greek operations during the Greco-Italian War.

  • December 1940: Greek conquest of Gjirokastër.
  • November 1940: The Western Macedonia Section of the Greek Army captured the entire Korçë plateau.
  • November 1940: The Greeks captured the summit of Morava.
  • February 1941: In the Battle of Trebeshina, a series of engagements from 2-12 February, the Trebeshinë massif was captured by Greek forces.
  • November 1940: The Greek 10th Division captured Moscopole.
  • November 1940: The Greeks captured Ersekë on 21 November.
  • January 1941: The Greek 11th Division captured the Klisura Pass.
  • December 1940: The Greek Lioumbas Detachment captured Sarandë, at the time baned Porto Edda after Edda Mussolini.
  • December 1940: The Greek army captured the Ostravicë Mountain on 12 December.
  • December 1940: The Greek army captured Himarë on 22 December.
  • December 1940: The Greeks arrived around the Kakavia Pass, forcing the Italians to withdraw.
  • December 1940: The Greek army captured Delvinë on 5 December.
  • November 1940: The city of Korçë was captured by Greek 9th Division.
  • November 1940: Greek conquest of Leskovik.
  • November 1940: Pogradec was captured unopposed by the Greek 13th Division.

  • Selected Sources


  • Enrico Cernuschi, Le operazioni aeronavali contro la Jugoslavia, 6–8 aprile 1941, in Storia Militare no. 242, p. 30
  • Enrico Cernuschi, Le operazioni aeronavali contro la Jugoslavia, 6–8 aprile 1941, in Storia Militare no. 242, p. 31.
  • Enrico Cernuschi, Le operazioni aeronavali contro la Jugoslavia, 6–8 aprile 1941, in Storia Militare no. 242, p. 33
  • Gedeon, Dimitrios (2001). "Ο Ελληνοϊταλικός Πόλεμος 1940–41: Οι χερσαίες επιχειρήσεις". Ο Ελληνικός Στρατός και το Έπος της Βορείου Ηπείρου. Periskopio.p.23
  • Gedeon, Dimitrios (2001). "Ο Ελληνοϊταλικός Πόλεμος 1940–41: Οι χερσαίες επιχειρήσεις". Ο Ελληνικός Στρατός και το Έπος της Βορείου Ηπείρου. Periskopio.p.24
  • Gedeon, Dimitrios (2001). "Ο Ελληνοϊταλικός Πόλεμος 1940–41: Οι χερσαίες επιχειρήσεις". Ο Ελληνικός Στρατός και το Έπος της Βορείου Ηπείρου. Periskopio.p.64
  • Gedeon, Dimitrios (2001). "Ο Ελληνοϊταλικός Πόλεμος 1940–41: Οι χερσαίες επιχειρήσεις". Ο Ελληνικός Στρατός και το Έπος της Βορείου Ηπείρου. Periskopio.p. 26
  • Gedeon, Dimitrios (2001). "Ο Ελληνοϊταλικός Πόλεμος 1940–41: Οι χερσαίες επιχειρήσεις". Ο Ελληνικός Στρατός και το Έπος της Βορείου Ηπείρου. Periskopio.p. 27
  • Gedeon, Dimitrios (2001). "Ο Ελληνοϊταλικός Πόλεμος 1940–41: Οι χερσαίες επιχειρήσεις". Ο Ελληνικός Στρατός και το Έπος της Βορείου Ηπείρου. Periskopio.p. 28
  • Gedeon, Dimitrios (2001). "Ο Ελληνοϊταλικός Πόλεμος 1940–41: Οι χερσαίες επιχειρήσεις". Ο Ελληνικός Στρατός και το Έπος της Βορείου Ηπείρου. Periskopio.pp.14-15
  • Gedeon, Dimitrios (2001). "Ο Ελληνοϊταλικός Πόλεμος 1940–41: Οι χερσαίες επιχειρήσεις". Ο Ελληνικός Στρατός και το Έπος της Βορείου Ηπείρου. Periskopio.pp.17-18
  • Gedeon, Dimitrios (2001). "Ο Ελληνοϊταλικός Πόλεμος 1940–41: Οι χερσαίες επιχειρήσεις". Ο Ελληνικός Στρατός και το Έπος της Βορείου Ηπείρου. Periskopio.pp.24-25
  • Knox, MacGregor (2000). Common Destiny. Dictatorship, Foreign Policy, and War in Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. P.80
  • Koliopoulos, Ioannis (1978). "Ο Πόλεμος του 1940/1941". In Christopoulos, Georgios A. & Bastias, Ioannis K. (eds.). Ιστορία του Ελληνικού Έθνους, Τόμος ΙΕ΄: Νεώτερος Ελληνισμός από το 1913 έως το 1941 [History of the Greek Nation, Volume XV: Modern Hellenism from 1913 to 1941] (in Greek). Athens: Ekdotiki Athinon. pp. 420–421.
  • Sakellariou, M. V. (1997). "The Greek-Italian War Operations on the Epirote Front". Epirus: 4,000 Years of Greek History and Civilization. Historikoi Hellēnikoi chōroi. Athens: Ekdotike Athenon S.A. pp. 389–401.
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