World War II

A German attack on northern Greece in April 1941 is to be reenacted this weekend. The Roupel Battle Historical Revival Festival will re-stage the Wehrmacht's assault on the northern border near Serres on Saturday and Sunday. The legendary Roupel battle, where...

The Greek community of Melbourne is presenting a lecture by Professor Peter Monteath on Australians who fought in Greece during World War II, as part of its Greek History and Culture seminars. The event will take place on Thursday at...

One of the worst maritime tragedies in history took place in Greece and cost almost four times as many lives as those taken in the Titanic disaster; yet the sinking of the "Oria" in the Saronic Gulf in February...

Two German researchers claim that Germany owes Greece 185 billion euros in World War II reparations, of which less that 1 percent has been paid. German daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung reviewed a book called “Reparation Debt Mortgages of German Cccupation in Greece...

It has been 77 years since the beginning of the Greek - Italian war and many soldiers who lost their lives in battle are still lying in the fields and gorges of Albania, without a proper grave. Each year on...

Greece will be honoring the memories of thousands of Greek Jews killed by Nazis during World War II, the government announced on Wednesday. The government gazette said, “Today we celebrate with the rest of the Greeks, the ‘Day of the...

A new round of research into US government archives and other sources alleges that Nazi leader Adolf Hitler did not commit suicide in his bunker in Berlin but fled to Argentina, potentially through Greece and the Canary Islands. Ex-CIA officer Bob...

Nikolaos Tasiakos, the last surviving member of a historic Greek navy submarine, passed away on Saturday at the age of 101. Tasiakos was a member of the Papanikolis submarine that cemented its place in history in December 1940 by taking...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday ruled out tax increases to help deal with the biggest influx of refugees since World War II. "We can be glad that our economy has been well managed for years and that our economic...

The island of Crete is home to great traditions and proud, defiant people who function mainly on tight kinship and friendship ties. Greece's largest and southernmost island has 620,000 people and its rich, fertile land and gorgeous seaside make it...