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20 de may. de 2024 · The Greek capital Athens fell on 27 April, and by 1 June, after the capture of Crete, all of Greece was under Axis occupation. After the invasion, King George II fled, first to Crete and then to Cairo. A Greek right-wing government ruled from Athens as a puppet of the occupying forces.
Hace 2 días · George II (Greek: Γεώργιος Β', romanized: Geórgios II; 19 July [Old Style: 7 July] 1890 – 1 April 1947) was King of Greece from 27 September 1922 until 25 March 1924, and again from 25 November 1935 until his death on 1 April 1947.
22 de may. de 2024 · Georges Ier de Grèce (en grec moderne : Γεώργιος Αʹ της Ελλάδας / Geórgios I tis Elládas ), par son élection roi des Hellènes, est né Guillaume de Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderbourg-Glücksbourg, prince de Danemark, le 24 décembre 1845 à Copenhague, au Danemark, et mort le 18 mars 1913 à Thessalonique, en Grèce.
Hace 4 días · Step aboard the Georgios Averof, the armored cruiser that saw action for over four decades across two World Wars and the Balkan Wars. More than just a battleship, the Averof earned the affectionate nicknames "Papa George" and "Uncle George" from the Greek people as it came to symbolize the country‘s resilience and fighting spirit. The story ...
Hace 1 día · The Greek campaign was launched primarily because the western Allies, particularly British Prime Minister David Lloyd George, had promised Greece territorial gains at the expense of the Ottoman Empire, recently defeated in World War I.
22 de may. de 2024 · Greece, the southernmost of the countries of the Balkan Peninsula. It lies at the juncture of Europe, Asia, and Africa and is heir to the heritages of Classical Greece, the Byzantine Empire, and nearly four centuries of Ottoman Turkish rule. One-fifth of Greece’s area is made up of the Greek islands.
12 de may. de 2024 · King Constantine I of Greece in German Military Dress c.1910. Source: George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress. The outbreak of WWI in August 1914 added fuel to an existing rivalry between Greece’s king, Constantine I, and prime minister, Eleftherios Venizelos.
