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2 unusual facts about Italian war


Greece–Italy relations

The 20th century relations were difficult during the inter war period (Corfu incident, the occupation of the Dodecanese) and being enemies during World War II (Greco-Italian War).

Mario Berti

A build-up for a new Italian offensive further into Egypt was delayed by the Italian invasion of Greece.


Alexandros Alexandrakis

Alexandros Alexandrakis (Athens, 1913 – Athens, 1968) was a Greek painter, who became widely known from his particularly dynamic depictions of the Greco-Italian War of 1940.

Dionysios Arbouzis

Arbouzis graduated from the Hellenic Army Academy and participated as an officer of the Greek Army in the major conflicts of World War II in Greece: Greco-Italian War (1940–1941), Battle of Greece (1941), as well as the Greek Civil War (1946–1949).

Franz Josef Ritter von Buß

During the Austro-Italian War he was active at the head of an association for the relief of the German prisoners; in acknowledgment of his services the emperor conferred on him the Order of the Iron Crown.

Ioannis Paparrodou

After the outbreak of the Greco-Italian War, October 28, 1940, and the successful penetration of the Greek Army deep into Albanian territory, he served as commander of the 21B Mountain Artillery Corps positioned in Pogradec, southern Albania.

War Museum of Kalpaki

The War Museum of Kalpaki is a museum in Kalpaki, Ioannina, Greece, dedicated to the Greco-Italian War of 1940-1941.


see also

Inglorious Bastards

The Inglorious Bastards (Quel maledetto treno blindato), a 1978 Italian war film directed by Enzo Castellari