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D-Day: 81 years since the Allied landing in Normandy
How the Allied landing in Normandy was decided – The code names, forces and plan the Germans could not counter
The Germans are coming back – The Economist “reveals” Merz’s plan to “reheat” Berlin’s war machine despite the ghosts of WWII
Germany's new chancellor, Friedrich Merz, wants the Bundeswehr to become “the strongest conventional military force in Europe” – How he plans to achieve it and what obstacles he is expected to face
Battle of Crete: The heroic struggle against the Nazi paratroopers – The massive German losses that shocked Hitler (videos)
On this day, Nazi Germany launched its massive airborne invasion to capture Crete – The heroic resistance by Allied forces and the Cretan people, including women, children, and civilians, forced Hitler to forbid any future airborne operations
Sargeant Dimitrios Itsios: The story of a modern Greek Hero – The Battle of the Metaxas Line (photos)
He was killed on April 6th 1941 - The "Metaxas Line" legacy
The suicide of Aris Velouchiotis, as narrated by the eyewitness Captain Thanos
The disagreement of Aris Velouchiotis with the Varkiza Agreement - The continuation of his actions - The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) denounces Velouchiotis - Velouchiotis' denouncement by Zachariadis - The description of Velouchiotis' suicide by Captain Thanos
The death (or murder?) of Ioannis Metaxas
Why did Churchill want to overthrow Metaxas? - The dinner with the English & the onset of the illness - Details from the days he remained bedridden - The mysterious Ioannis Diakos - The Austrian doctor who never came to Greece & the autopsy on the body
Collaborators: Who got rich during the Occupation by collaborating with the Nazis (Part 2)
Illegal logging: A lucrative business - The supplier of the Occupiers with…18 properties - Industrialists in the service of the Nazis - Black market & investments in real estate - Collaborators & justice & a case of vigilante justice in Crete
Quislings: Who profited during the occupation by collaborating with the invaders? (Part 1)
Read in Part A: How was economic collaboration with the occupiers defined? – Civil engineers, contractors, merchants, industrialists, and artisans as collaborators of the Occupation authorities – The black marketeers – The investments of "blood money" in real estate
