Map of Operation Marita

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Posted On October 13, 2014

Greece comes under attack on the same day as Yugoslavia, yet that country’s quick demise, sets up the conquest of Greece. The war in the Greek NE is over by the third day, so the Commonwealth forces fall back, yet the Greeks in Albania are loath to follow their example.

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