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The Greek-Italian War

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Aera Army Days Greece Greek Adolf Hitler II Italian Italy Metaxas Mussolini Ohi Oxiday Second Wars World
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On October 28th, 1940 Fascist Italy launched an unprovoked attack upon Greece. Despite being outnumbered and outgunned, the Greek army defeated the Italian invasion and launched a full scale counterattack driving Mussolini's army out of Greece. This was the first Allied victory of the Second World War.

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