German invasion of Greece

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World War II campaign invasion military campaign

The German invasion of Greece was a World War II campaign in April 1941 in which Nazi Germany attacked and swiftly occupied Greece, overcoming Greek and British Commonwealth forces and securing Axis control over the Balkans.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Battle of Greece 7
German invasion of Greece canonical 5
Axis invasion of Greece 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II campaign ⓘ
invasion ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
alsoKnownAs German invasion of Greece ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Greece
belligerent Luftwaffe ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ
cause Italian failure to defeat Greece ⓘ
need to secure Balkans before Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
codename Operation Marita ⓘ
commander Alexander Löhr ⓘ
Georg Stumme ⓘ
Wilhelm List ⓘ
commanderOpposing Alexandros Papagos ⓘ
Bernard Freyberg ⓘ
Henry Maitland Wilson ⓘ
consequence division of Greece into German, Italian, and Bulgarian occupation zones ⓘ
start of Greek Resistance ⓘ
strategic delay to Operation Barbarossa (debated) ⓘ
countryInvolved Australia ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Kingdom of Greece ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
Yugoslavia ⓘ
endDate 1941-04-30 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Crete ⓘ
follows Italian invasion of Greece ⓘ
front Balkan Campaign ⓘ
surface form: Balkan front
involvesEvent Battle of Thermopylae (1941) ⓘ
Battle of Vevi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle of the Metaxas Line ⓘ
German attack through Bulgaria ⓘ
evacuation from Kalamata ⓘ
occupation of Athens ⓘ
location Balkans ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
objective secure airfields for operations against Crete and the Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
secure southern flank of Axis in the Balkans ⓘ
support Italian forces in Greece ⓘ
opponent Allied forces ⓘ
British Commonwealth forces ⓘ
Greek Army ⓘ
partOf Balkan Campaign ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
precededBy Italian invasion of Greece ⓘ
surface form: Greco-Italian War
result Axis control of mainland Greece ⓘ
Axis victory ⓘ
Axis occupation of Greece ⓘ
surface form: German occupation of Greece

collapse of Greek resistance on the mainland ⓘ
evacuation of Allied forces to Crete and Egypt ⓘ
startDate 1941-04-06 ⓘ
theater Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II ⓘ
surface form: Mediterranean theatre of World War II

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Balkan theatre of World War II → hasPart → German invasion of Greece ⓘ
Balkan theatre of World War II → hasPart → German invasion of Greece ⓘ
this entity surface form: Axis invasion of Greece
2nd Panzer Division → tookPartIn → German invasion of Greece ⓘ
April War → followedBy → German invasion of Greece ⓘ
this entity surface form: Axis invasion of Greece (Battle of Greece)
Unternehmen Merkur → precededBy → German invasion of Greece ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Greece
Battle of Kleisoura Pass → partOf → German invasion of Greece ⓘ
Battle of Kleisoura Pass → relatedEvent → German invasion of Greece ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Greece
Operation Mercury → precededBy → German invasion of Greece ⓘ
this entity surface form: German invasion of mainland Greece
Operation Marita → alsoKnownAs → German invasion of Greece ⓘ
Greek Campaign → alsoKnownAs → German invasion of Greece ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Greece
12th Army → tookPartIn → German invasion of Greece ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Greece
6th Panzer Division → participatedIn → German invasion of Greece ⓘ
this entity surface form: Invasion of the Balkans (Yugoslavia and Greece)
Australian Hellenic Memorial → commemorates → German invasion of Greece ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Greece
Metaxas Line → partOfCampaign → German invasion of Greece ⓘ
German invasion of Greece → alsoKnownAs → German invasion of Greece ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Greece
HMAS Perth (D29) → participatedIn → German invasion of Greece ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Greece