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“Hellas Liberty”: The floating Museum, a tribute to the 2,000 sailors and 424 Greek merchant ships lost during WW2

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The unique aircraft of the Polish Aviation Museum in Krakow, a photo presentation by Panagiotis Kostarellis

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A 7,92 mm bullet hole from a Bf109,. Credit: www.ww2wrecks.com

The tragic end of Bristol Blenheim Mk I of 211 Sqn RAF, at 16:07 hrs., April 13, 1941

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The rebirth of Typhoon JP843

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Αναδύεται στη μνήμη η τραγωδία του “Marguerite”

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Torpedo boat Calatafimi putting into Iraklion port in 1942 (Author's Collection)

Tenente di Vascello Giuseppe Brignole and the Torpediniera Calatafimi in the Greek seas during WW2, by Vincenzo Giacomo Toccafondi

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The floating museum: Armoured Cruiser “Averoff”, a photo gallery

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New theory on the “mystery” Bf 109 of Crete: Could it be Bf 109 F-4, WerkNummer 7185 from 5./JG 53 NW+KI

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Stepping back in time: Greek Army soldiers on the train to the front, 1940-2022

Then and Now, WW2 in Greece

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The 155mm naval gun battery of Trahilas and the Greek Sacred Squadron special operations in Milos island

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The attack of the Royal Marines against the German radar in Topakas, Milos island, on November 13th, 1944

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Spitfire LF Mk IXc MJ755: A flying legend over the skies of Greece

Photo gallery, WW2, WW2 in Greece

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The World War 2 “FuMG 65 Würzburg-Riese” German radar of Milos, Greece: Questions about its uncertain future

Athens flying week at Trahones field on September 17, 2022 in Tanagra, Greece. Photo by: Panayotis Tzamaros / Reporter Images

Athens Flying Week 2022: Behind the cameras photo gallery

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“Moudros”: A WW2 wreck at a depth of 100 metres in the Saronic Gulf

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On board of cruiser Gorizia. A picture of a gunner near his Breda 20 mm twin barrel Anti Aircraft machine gun. Breda gun were very effective and enhanced anti-aircraft defense capabilities of Italian ships. Whenever British soldiers captured this type of weapon they used both naval and land versions. The famous Chevrolet trucks of the Long Range Desert Group were, if possible, armed with 20mm Breda. (Author’s collection)

Lazarettschiff Brigitte and Torpedo Boat Lira in Thessaloniki, by Vincenzo Giacomo Toccafondi

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Jim “Pee-Wee” Martin, ο γηραιότερος εν ζωή θρύλος της 101ης Αερομεταφερόμενης «Screaming Eagles»

Photo gallery, WW2

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Identified! The Martin Maryland Mk. II, crashed on 25 May 1941 in Crete.

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A stroll at the Warsaw Military Museum: Photo gallery

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The nazi occupation of Greece, 1941-44: An endless list of crimes, atrocities and bloodbaths

Interviews, WW2 in Greece

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Mémorial de Caen: A photo gallery of the Normandy Museum – PART I

Photo gallery, Then and Now, WW2, WW2 Wrecks

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Άγγελος Τσατάς, ο πρώτος Έλληνας που πάτησε το πόδι του στις ακτές της Νορμανδίας, στις 6:12 το πρωί της 6ης Ιουνίου του 1944.

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HMS Urge: The story, the loss and the ceremony at sea, by Professor Timmy Gambin

Shipwrecks, WW2, WW2 Wrecks

The wreck shown from the bow and the stern, and while the damage to the bow is definitely from a torpedo hit, the crack across aft is definitely not; it is simply from ‘gravitational effects’ as describe in the survey report.

A dedication to HMS Exeter, the shipwreck that disappeared, featuring 3d renditions of the wreck, by Kevin Denlay and Stefan Draminski

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The Stige fuel tanker, an ugly duckling (Author Collection)

Italian Royal Navy Tanker Stige – The ugly duckling in the “Route of Death” and the Greek Seas, by Vincenzo Giacomo Toccafondi

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Photo gallery: The Greek War of Independence parade, 2022

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Battlefront Living History Group Malta: History lessons through reenactment, an insider’s view.

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Then and Now: 1945-2017, the Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor of Rodos Island, Greece

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Aviation Archaeology: Solving the mystery of the Lancaster NN775

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1941-2017: Η “Μακεδονία” φλέγεται, 22 Απριλίου 1941

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Battlefield Archaeology: Discovering relics of the 1943 battle in Rodos

WW2, WW2 in Greece

Battlefield Archaeology: The WW2 Italian submarine base in previously unpublished photos!

WW2, WW2 in Greece

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A 1944 Willys MB Jeep restoration from A to Z. Akiss Paraskevopoulos and his WW2 legend

Interviews, WW2 in Greece

Underwater explorations and discoveries in Crete – Nikolas Giannoulakis and his WW2 Wrecks

Shipwrecks, WW2 in Greece

FOUND! An intact Mitsubishi Zero A6M2b “Reisen” 零式艦上戦闘機

Interviews, WW2, WW2 Pacific Treasures

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Quota 731: Nemici in vita, fratelli nella morte

Interviews, WW2, WW2 in Greece

The last Samurai: Sakae Ōba and the largest banzai charge of the war in the Pacific 大場栄

Η άγνωστη μάχη: Η σφαγή στα Λουτρά Σιδηροκάστρου, 6-8 Απριλίου 1941

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WW2 Fallen 100 Project: Remembering the 400,000 Americans who lost their lives during WW2

Interviews, WW2

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Olympias: The birth of a 2,500 years old ancient Greek trireme

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The most detailed maps of the seafloor – bathymetric data from coastal and open ocean areas

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FOUND! Aldebaran: The Italian Navy Torpediniera sunk on 20 October 1941 in Greece

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Italian war crimes and atrocities in Greece during WW2

Interviews, WW2 in Greece

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5,086: Number of helicopters destroyed during the Vietnam War

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FOUND! A WW2 Italian fighter Macchi C202 “Folgore” wreck (VIDEO)

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Then and Now: The Fallschirmjäger memorial in Crete, 1941-2022

Then and Now, WW2, WW2 in Greece

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HMS Ben-My-Chree: The “Woman of My Heart”, the first seaplane carrier sunk in 1917

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The Royal Greek Navy ship “Aris” – Lazarettschiff “Graz”, by Vincenzo Giacomo Toccafondi

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Brian Bateman: Aviation Art at its best

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The demonstration in Athens, on July 22nd 1943, which turned into a slaughter of unarmed civilians

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The sinking of the Norwegian tanker MT Solheim close to Crete on March 24, 1941 by the Luftwaffe

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Operation Albumen: The daring SBS raids in Crete, 1942

Photo gallery, WW2, WW2 in Greece

The Odyssey of Royal Marine and SBS trooper John Gordon Petrie in Crete

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The Condor of Rodos

The FW200 “Condor” G6+FY of Rodos island, by Danie van der Spuy

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The Italian hospital ships in the Aegean Sea, by Vincenzo Giacomo Toccafondi

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Freediving at a Luftwaffe Ju88 wreck in Corfu Island, Greece

WW2, WW2 in Greece

Crete 1941 : Hill 107 and Tavronitis Bridge, the turning point of the Battle

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Petrella steamship tragedy unveiled: The 1944 disaster with 2670 victims

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Paddle steamer PATRIS: Sunk in 1868, a unique shipwreck in the Aegean Sea, Greece

Interviews, Shipwrecks

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Hellenic Air Force Museum – The wings of history

Interviews, WW2, WW2 in Greece

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ΜΕΡΟΣ Α’ – Μια ζωή στρατιώτης: Ο ελληνοϊταλικός πόλεμος 1940-41 μέσα από τα μάτια του Παύλου Γαλανού

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The rare warbirds of the Hellenic Air Force Museum

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The story of the Greek battleship “Kilkis” sunk by Stuka bombers on April 23, 1941

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Only a handful escaped: The LRDG disaster in Levitha, Saturday 29 October 1943

WW2, WW2 in Greece

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FOUND! A WW2 German mine at a depth of 28 metres in Greece

WW2, WW2 in Greece

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FOUND! An Arado Ar196 wreck at Kalathas bay, Crete, by Nikolas Giannoulakis

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Greece, 1941: The moment a German tank hits a mine. An account of the first and last tank battle in Greece, 13-14 April 1941

WW2, WW2 in Greece

VORONEZH REGION, RUSSIA - JULY 14, 2016: A WWII T-34-76 tank that has been pulled from the bottom of the Don River by Patriot Park specialists, servicemen of Russia's Western Military District and divers. The tank was discovered by Patriot Park specialists at a depth of 6 meters in April 2016. Kristina Brazhnikova/TASS (Photo by Kristina BrazhnikovaTASS via Getty Images)

Soviet T-34 tank recovered from river in south Russia

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Προσκλητήριο Αθανάτων: Οι πεσόντες του Αλβανικού μετώπου και οι αναζητήσεις του συγγραφέα και ιστορικού ερευνητή Αγαθοκλή Παναγούλια

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Identified! WW2 German Stuka Ju 87 aircraft S7+GM shot down in a dogfight on October 9 1943 recovered west of Rhodes

Shipwrecks, WW2 in Greece

Les Allemands en Egée 1941-1945. Tome 1 1941

Les Allemands en Egée – L’ auteur Jean-Louis Roba parle de l’occupation 1941-45

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R-194, the German Navy minesweeper sunk by Allied aircraft in 1944, off Corfu in Greece

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Salvaged! An Arado Ar196 (No. 216) lost in 1944 recovered in the Aegean Sea, Greece!

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Bombs away! Scuba divers locate WW2 500lb aerial bombs used in 1943 allied attacks in Greece

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Then and Now: The Japanese coastal battery and USS Colorado 小川砲台

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Battlefield Archaeology: Destroying WW2 sea mines in the Aegean Sea

Still from camera-gun footage shot from a RAF Hawker Typhoon Mark IB flown by Flying Officer W.V. Mollett of No. 266 Squadron RAF, showing the shooting down of a Junkers Ju 52/3mg6e minesweeping aircraft of the Minensuchgruppe off Lorient, France. Cannon shells from Mollett's aircraft are striking the sea and the fuselage of the Ju 52, which crashed into the sea shortly afterwards. Mollet shared the destruction of the Ju 52 with Flying Officer N.J. Lucas, also of 266 Squadron. Source: IWM

The Air Battle over Mykonos island: 27 January 1944, hell over the Aegean

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Identifying the air attacks of 1941: Luftwaffe and Regia Aeronautica hit shipping hard in Greece

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The Savoia-Marchetti SM82 “Marsupiale” of Rodos island, Greece

Interviews, WW2, WW2 in Greece

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Wreck of a 1915 “X-lighter” that served at the WW1 Gallipoli campaign

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“37 μήνες πολεμικών επιχειρήσεων”: Από την Αλβανία, στη Μέση Ανατολή και το Γράμμο

Interviews, WW2, WW2 in Greece

Burdigala: 100 years since the sinking of the second largest shipwreck of the Greek Seas

Interviews, Shipwrecks

The amazing wrecks of Truk Lagoon, by Aleksei Kondratuk

Shipwrecks, WW2 Pacific Treasures

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“Οι Γερμανοί στο Αιγαίο, 1941-45”: Ο συγγραφέας Jean-Louis Roba μιλάει για το βιβλίο-σημείο αναφοράς

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Pilots of the… Abyss: The aircraft salvagers of the Hellenic Air Force (HAF)

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Galilea: The 1942 shipwreck that took the lives of over 1,000 Italians

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Bunker Archaeology: The WW2 underground shelters of the Royal Hellenic Navy in Salamis island, by Konstantinos Kirimis

Interviews, WW2, WW2 in Greece

Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat, "Betsy II; downed Jan 29 1943 - Gizo, Solomon Islands.

FOUND! The F6F 3-Hellcat lost in January 1943

WW2 Pacific Treasures

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Nαυάγιο “ΟΡΙΑ”: 4.000 Ιταλοί αιχμάλωτοι στο βυθό του Σαρωνικού

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War is hell: The story behind a photo by photojournalist Joe O’Donnell

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The WW2 shipwrecks that disappeared: Underwater explorer Kevin Denlay’s interview on the lost fleet of the Pacific – PART 2

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Found and identified: Two WW2 wrecks lost since April 1941

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German personnel inspect a damaged RAF 80 Squadron Hawker Hurricane

Μύθοι και αλήθεια: Πόσα αεροσκάφη καταρρίφθηκαν το 1940-41

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Diving at the “Volta” shipwreck, sunk on Saturday October 9, 1943, during the Battle of Leros

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“Oria” shipwreck, the watery grave of 4,000 POWs in 1944

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Battlefield Archaeology: Wartime graffiti at the forgotten barracks of WW2

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The ship sunk with… oranges in 1918 and the wreck of Paris

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An Arado Ar196 in Herakleia Island, Greece

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The WW2 Pacific Treasures of Kwajalein Lagoon by Dan Farnham PART 2 – Warrant Officer Nobuo Fujita, the only man who has bombed the continental US and the story of the E14Y1 floatplanes found in a shipwreck

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