Bulgaria / Macedonia / Egypt / United Kingdom / Palestinian Territories / Germany / Italy / Albania / New Zealand / Russia / Syria / Yugoslavia / Greece / /
Event
Person Travel / Person Communication and Meetings / /
Facility
port of Suda / port of Athens / Brigade Headquarters / Maleme airfield / /
Holiday
Commonwealth Day / /
IndustryTerm
bank / telephone line / /
MedicalTreatment
amputation / /
NaturalFeature
Aliakmon River / Aegean Sea / Pinios Gorge / Florina valley / Mt Olympus / Athens beaches / Vernion mountains / Mount Olympus / Suda Bay / Gulf of Corinth / Litani River / Peloponnese beaches / Monastir valley / /
Organization
Greek Army / German infantry / 2nd New Zealand Division / Mackay's infantry / Australian Corps / navy / Anzac Corps / 7th Australian Division / 1st Armoured Brigade / German Army / Landing Ships Infantry / 16th Australian Brigade / Central Macedonian Army / Greek infantry / 17th Australian Brigade / Yugoslav Army / 19th Australian Brigade / 4th NZ Brigade / Machine Gun Battalion / British Government / 1st Australian Corps / Foreign Legion / 6th NZ Brigade / Australian Field Regiment / 6th Australian Division / Allied Intelligence / Greek military / Polish Brigade / Australian Battalion / 5th NZ Brigade / /
Person
Havoc / Cutler / Archibald Wavell / Bernard Freyberg / Maitland Wilson / Thomas Blamey / Hitler / Anthony Eden / Victoria Cross / Allen / Alexander Koryzis / Ivan Mackay / Vasey / Jim Gordon / /
Position
Prime Minister / Foreign Secretary / General / head / sent forward / Major General / officer / Lieutenant / Bren gunner / artillery officer / commander / Private / Brigadier / /
PublishedMedium
London Gazette / /
Region
British Middle East / northern Greece / southern Balkans / northern Yugoslavia / southern Yugoslavia / eastern Macedonia / central Macedonia / /
Greece, Crete and Syria Greece On 28 October 1940, Italy invaded Greece from Albania. The intention was a lightning campaign which would