MAA 562 Partisan Warfare in Greece 1941–44
Of all European countries to be invaded by the Axis during World War II, Greece was to resist the longest (except for the UK, which, save for the Channel Islands, was never invaded). Between October 1940 (Italy’s invasion of Greece) and May 1941 (Germany’s capture of the island of Crete, following a costly airborne operation), the small Kingdom of Greece fought and, against all odds, prevailed against superior forces, at the cost of the lives of tens of thousands of its citizens.
