Epirus front

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The Epirus front was a key mountainous battleground in northwestern Greece where Greek and Italian forces clashed during the Italian invasion of Greece in World War II.

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Label Occurrences
Epirus front canonical 2
Greek Epirus Army Section 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battlefront
military front
adjacentTo Albanian border
associatedWith Metaxas Line
surface form: Metaxas Line (as separate Greek defensive system)
belligerent Greek Army
Regio Esercito
surface form: Royal Italian Army
commandedBy Alexandros Papagos
conflict Italian invasion of Greece
countryInvolved Kingdom of Greece
Kingdom of Italy
defendedBy Epirus front self-linksurface differs
surface form: Greek Epirus Army Section
endTime 1941-04
geographicalFeature mountainous terrain
hasStrategicImportance control of passes between Albania and Greece
hasTerrainType mountain passes
river valleys
historicalEra World War II
languageOfLocalPopulation Greek
locatedIn Epirus
northwestern Greece
nearbyCity Arta
Ioannina
Konitsa
notableEngagement Battle of Elaia–Kalamas
Battle of Pindus
Greek counter-offensive into southern Albania
notableMountainRange Pindus Mountains
notableRiver Kalamas River
opposedByCommander Sebastiano Visconti Prasca
Ubaldo Soddu
partOf Balkan Campaign
surface form: Balkan campaign of World War II

European theatre of World War II
Italian invasion of Greece
surface form: Greek–Italian War
primaryAxisOfAdvance Italian advance from Albania into Greece
result Greek forces advanced into southern Albania
Italian offensive halted by Greek forces
seasonalCondition harsh winter weather
snow and low temperatures
startTime 1940-10-28
strategicObjective Italian objective to capture Ioannina
defense of Greek region of Epirus
timePeriod 1940s
usedBy Greek mountain troops
Alpini
surface form: Italian Alpini units

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Italian invasion of Greece front Epirus front
Epirus front defendedBy Epirus front self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Greek Epirus Army Section
Battle of Elaia–Kalamas defendingForce Epirus front
this entity surface form: Greek Epirus Army Section