Axis invasion of Greece

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Axis_invasion_of_Greece
GPTKB entity
Statements (30)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Battle_of_Greece
gptkbp:casualties Bulgarian: minimal
German: about 1,100 killed, 3,700 wounded
Greek and British: over 13,000 killed or wounded
Italian: about 13,755 killed, wounded, or missing
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Bulgaria
gptkb:Greece
gptkb:Kingdom_of_Italy
gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:Alexander_Löhr
gptkb:Alexandros_Papagos
gptkb:Wilhelm_List
gptkb:Henry_Maitland_Wilson
gptkbp:endDate 30 April 1941
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Battle_of_Crete
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Axis invasion of Greece
gptkbp:location gptkb:Greece
gptkbp:objective conquest of Greece by Axis powers
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Greco-Italian_War
gptkbp:result Axis victory
gptkbp:significance gptkb:delayed_Operation_Barbarossa
evacuation of Allied forces to Crete and Egypt
led to occupation of Greece
gptkbp:startDate 6 April 1941
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Axis_invasion_of_Yugoslavia
gptkb:Metaxas'_refusal_to_Mussolini
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6