The Germans systematically looted and materially destroyed Greece during the occupation from April 1941 to October 1944. They confiscated the tobacco harvests and put the industry, to the extent that it was important to the German defense industry under their control. Three quarters of the Greek mer
The XVIII Infantry Division (MP) held the extreme left of the Metaxa Line in April 1941. The division with only five battalions held a line 40 km long with only one company in reserve. The forts of Istibey, Kelkagia, Arpalouki and Paliouriones also belonged to the divisions sector. The division had
CIRCA 410 to 520:Angles, Saxons and Jutes settle in England Tribes of Angles, Saxons and Jutes (later called the Anglo-Saxons), coming from Denmark and northern Germany, crossed the English Channel to invade Brittany of old (England or Great Britain current). The Anglo-Saxons call the territories t
Entry taken from the book The Plantagenets In December 1154, Henry of Anjou was crowned at Westminster as King of England under the name of Henry II, thus giving rise to the Plantagenet dynasty, which would rule England and part of France for more than three hundred years. He was accompanied by his