Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Battle of Greece

Battle of Greece
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The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/April 6, 2014 by BencherliteTalk 10:45, 31 March 2014‎ (UTC)



The Battle of Greece (also known as Operation Marita) is the common name for the invasion of Greece by Nazi Germany in April 1941. It followed a previous, unsuccessful Italian invasion known as the Greco-Italian War. It is usually distinguished from the Battle of Crete that came after mainland Greece had been subdued. These operations were part of the greater Balkans Campaign of Nazi Germany in World War II. At the time of the German invasion, Greece was already at war with Italy, following the Italian invasion on 28 October 1940. Greece successfully defeated the initial attack and the counterattack of March 1941. When Operation Marita began on 6 April, the bulk of the Greek army was on the Albanian border, from which the Italians were trying to enter Greece. German troops invaded through Bulgaria, creating a second front. The German army reached the city of Athens on 27 April and Greece's southern shore on April 30, capturing 7,000 British Empire forces, and ending the battle to their complete victory. The conquest of Greece was completed with the capture of Crete a month later. Following its conquest, Greece was occupied by military forces of Germany, Italy, and Bulgaria.

Date connection: 73rd anniversary of event. FAC nominator was. Promoted to FA in 2007. 2 points for two or more years since promotion. 1 point for date relevance to topic. Total is 3 points.
 * Support. Great quality improvement effort by . Most educational and obviously quite historic. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 21:29, 26 March 2014 (UTC)