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  • The "platform" Vafiadis - 90% with violent recruitment, no chance of victory

    The fight against Markos Vafiadis, leader of the Greek left and head of the so-called Democratic Army (DSE) started early. Even before the battle of Konitsa, the opposition was lurking. The antagonism manifested itself almost openly in the 4th Plenary Session on July 28 and 29, 1948. Markos was part

  • Battles of the 5/42nd Psarros Regiment against the invaders - Testimony

    Lieutenant General Georgios Kaimaras was one of the pioneers of the guerrilla movement in Roumeli. With the rank of captain, he joined the EKKA organization of colonel Dimitrios Psarros and fought against the Italian and German invaders before 5/42 was disbanded for the third and bloodiest time by t

  • Philomelion 1116:The "Parataxis" of Alexios Comnenus flattens the Turks

    Alexios I Komnenos was a great emperor. He took the helm of the Byzantine Empire in very bad times but he managed, taking advantage of every method and opportunity, to resurrect it, literally. The main opponents were the Normans and the other Latins and the Seljuk Turks who dominated a large part of

  • The X Division of EDES against the Albanian Chamids in Thesprotia – 1944

    The II/16 Battalion of the X Division of the EDES was under the command of the then captain Ziogas. The commander of the division was Vasilios Kamaras. X Division was active in Thesprotia fighting against German and Albanian Axis collaborators. The forces of the Division were also confronted by the

  • Alexandros Mamais:The pilot who brought the first Mirage F1 to Greece

    At 11.30 on the morning of August 4, 1975, the first Air Force (RAF) Mirage F-1CG codenamed 101 took off from Mont-de-Marchamp Air Force Base in southwestern France. Fifty minutes later, it made a two-hour stopover at the Orange base in southeastern France. At 17.10 of the same day, the then vice-co

  • Join the crew of Votsis... Sink the Turkish battleship with him!

    The visitor will wear special glasses, gloves, climb the treadmill and feel that he is in the port of Thessaloniki, on the ship of Nikolaos Votsis, in October 1912. From 2023 all this, as at that time it is estimated that the construction and placement of a special VR (virtual reality) installation

  • Kalamata 1946, beginning of civil war:X, EAM, Magganas... What does "Grandfather" say

    Nikolaos Papadopoulos was born in 1890. He fought in the Balkans and World War I, while he was a company commander in Asia Minor. In 1940, with the rank of lieutenant colonel, he commanded the 28th Infantry Regiment. He fled to the Middle East and was appointed deputy commander of the 3rd Mountain B

  • Δράμα 1941 – Δραματικές στιγμές βουλγαρικής κατοχής! Ντοκουμέντο εποχής

    Μετά την κατάληψη της Ελλάδας από τα χιτλερικά στρατεύματα οι Γερμανοί παρέδωσαν την Ανατολική Μακεδονία στους Βουλγάρους συμμάχους τους. Ήταν η τρίτη φορά που η πολύπαθη Ανατολική Μακεδονία έπεφτε στα χέρια των Βουλγάρων και όπως και τις προηγούμενες φορές οι κάτοικοί της υπέφεραν από τους βάρβαρου

  • The campaign of Xenophon, the crushing of the barbarians, the salvation of Myrians...

    Having performed an incredible march, the Myrians managed to reach the Greek city of Trebizond, on the shores of the Black Sea. There the inhabitants asked for their help in order to prevail against their opponents. Βασικός εχθρός ήταν οι Δρίλες, ένα ακόμα βαρβαρικό φύλο, που κατοικούσε στην περιοχή

  • The 3/527th "communist" Company in the battle of Kantsikos, Epirus 1947

    The situation at the beginning of 1947 appeared confusing for the reborn Greek Army, which was still in its childhood. The guerilla war that started in Litochoro in 1946 did not find him ready for war in any way. Guerrilla groups of the later Democratic Army of Greece (DSE) acted without substantial

  • Mirka Ginova (Gini):The "heroine" of NOF &Skopje and Greek Macedonia

    I dont want to make a criticism centered on the history of the KKE. Let me refer to the Slavo-Macedonian alphabet that the Communists in Tashkent distributed to the children of the Slavo-Macedonian fighters of the DSE. Not even the 70,000 refugees of the civil war that the Greek state denied the rig

  • When the Greek general kicked out the "cheeky" foreign consul

    The First Balkan War had ended with Greece liberating a large part of its enslaved territories. However, Greece soon found itself confronted with its until then ally Bulgaria. The Bulgarians were keeping an eye on Macedonia and had sent a small force to Thessaloniki. However, as the situation ten

  • The Dutch army in 1940 against the mighty German Wehrmacht

    In 1940, the little Netherlands found itself caught in the vortex of the biggest world conflict without wanting it and most importantly without being adequately prepared militarily. The Netherlands had not been involved in World War I and this had given its leadership a sense of security as it belie

  • Ioannis Makrygiannis describes the preparation of 1821 (VIDEO)

    The Roumeliotian fighter of 21, Ioannis Makrygiannis describes the preparation for the start of the Revolution On the occasion of the celebration of the national milestone of 200 years since the Revolution of 1821, ERT broadcasts a different one-minute segment based on passages every day texts of fi

  • “Μπορούμε να διαβάσουμε την Γραμμική γραφή Α..”, Ο Μίνωας πλέον μας μιλά;

    Μπορεί η σύγχρονη τεχνολογία να βοηθήσει στην αποκρυπτογράφηση της Γραμμικής Α, της μινωικής γραφής που κρατά ακόμα καλά τα μυστικά της; Η Δρ. Ester Salgarella, ερευνήτρια στο St John’s College του Κέιμπριτζ, όχι μόνο το πιστεύει αλλά και το επιχειρεί με την ανοικτής πρόσβασης βάση δεδομένων SigLA (

  • Πολεμικοί ελέφαντες και φλεγόμενα γουρούνια… Αρχαία “τανκ” και “αντιαρματικά”!

    Οι ελέφαντες εξημερώθηκαν από τους ανθρώπους και χρησιμοποιήθηκαν όπως και τα άλογα ως ζώα έλξης. Από νωρίς όμως έγινε αντιληπτό ότι η μεγάλη φυσική δύναμη του ελέφαντα ήταν δυνατό να χρησιμοποιηθεί και για πολεμικούς σκοπούς. Στην Ινδία οι πολεμικοί ελέφαντες εξελίχτηκαν στα κύρια απάρτια των πολεμ

  • Greece 1943:Nazi, Fascist, Separatist Organizations of the Occupation

    In May 1943, an almost complete list of all national and traitorous organizations active in the country was drawn up in Athens. This list is of particular interest in terms of the organizations collaborating with the conquerors as well as the separatist movement of the Wallachian principality in The

  • The fierce "infantry battle" in the sea:Great overthrow and massacre of Latinos

    Since 1204 when the miserable Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade occupied the city and like other crusaders distributed the robes of the Byzantine Empire, there has not been a moment of peace on the Greek peninsula. After the recovery of Constantinople, the new Greek, as the Latins also called him, Emp

  • Italy 554 AD The Byzantines annihilate the barbaric Germans

    In 554 AD an army of 75,000 Franks, Alamanni, Thuringians, and other Germans, under the dukes Lothario and Butellinus, crossed the Po and marched into lower Italy. General Narses, the regent of Italy, however, upon hearing the news of the Frankish invasion, moved swiftly, at the head of powerful for

  • The first "Bulgarian killer" and the battle - crash of the Bulgarians in Aghialos

    Like today many centuries ago, on June 30, 763 AD. a hugely important battle was fought that is largely acknowledged by historians but nevertheless saved the Byzantine Empire and dismantled the danger from the North for a long time. In the late spring of AD 763 the Bulgarian tsar Tellets invaded Byz

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