Armies of the Greek-Italian War 1940-41

by Phoebus Athanassiou

In October and November 1940 an Italian army some 200,000 strong invaded Greece across the largely undefended Albanian border. Although supported by Great Britain, at first by sea and in the air and later by landing British and ANZAC troops from North Africa, Greece bore the main burden of the six-month war. Although greatly outnumbered, LtGen Papagos's Greek army was so successful against the Italians in northwest Greece that by November 22, it...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472819179
• ISBN13: 9781472819178
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 7.2" x 9.7"