1943 in Greece

Incumbents

• Monarch: George II
• Prime Minister: Emmanouil Tsouderos

Events

• 16–17 February – Domenikon massacre by the Italian Army.
• 7 April – Konstantinos Logothetopoulos is dismissed as collaborationist Prime Minister and is succeeded by Ioannis Rallis.
• 14 May – The forces of EAM-ELAS attack the EKKA's 5/42 Regiment.
• 23 June – The forces of EAM-ELAS attack the EKKA's 5/42 Regiment and forcibly dissolve it.
• 5 July – The main Greek resistance groups conclude the National Bands Agreement.
• 12 August – Massacre of Kommeno by the German Army.
• 8 September – The Italian garrison on Kastellorizo surrenders to the Allies.
• 8 September – Jürgen Stroop becomes the country's HSSPF.
• 9–11 September – The Germans under Ulrich Kleemann seize Rhodes from the Italians.
• 14–16 September – Viannos massacres by the German Army.
• 15–24 September – Massacre of the Acqui Division on the island of Cephalonia by the German Army.
• 19–29 September – The Paramythia executions by the German Army and local Albanian collaborators.
• 3–4 October – Battle of Kos: the Germans capture the island of Kos against British and Italian resistance.
• 9 November – Walter Schimana becomes the country's HSSPF.
• 12–16 November – Battle of Leros: the Germans capture the island of Leros against British and Italian resistance.
• 13 December 1943 – Massacre of Kalavryta by the German Army.
• 14 December – 300 Allied bomber raid Athens.
• 15 December – Allied bombers raid Piraeus harbor and Greek airfields.
• 18 December – Drakeia massacre by the SS.

Births

• 28 May - Elena Souliotis, operatic soprano (d. 2004)

References

References

1. (7 December 2009). "Italy's Divided Memory". Springer.