Η επιδρομή των Beaufighters στα Αντικύθηρα, 3 Ιουλίου 1944, από τον κορυφαίο ερευνητή Γιώργο Καρέλα

By Pierre Kosmidis Ιστορική έρευνα και τεκμηρίωση των φωτογραφιών: Γιώργος Καρέλας Φωτογραφίες από το αρχείο του Jean-Louis Roba, με δικαίωμα δημοσίευσης στο www.ww2wrecks.com  Άλλη μια σημαντική επιτυχία του κορυφαίου Έλληνα ερευνητή Γιώργου Καρέλα, έρχεται να φωτίσει την άγνωστη ιστορία ενός πλοίου, του βοηθητικού GK 05, το οποίο ήταν το τελευταίο γερμανικό πλοίο εφοδιασμού καυσίμων στην […]

Exhibits at the 44th Athens Models and Miniatures Show – October 2025

By Pierre Kosmidis Photos by www.ww2wrecks.com The 44th annual exhibition of the International Plastic Modellers Society – Hellas (IPMS Hellas), at the Technopolis City of Athens, on 24-25 and 26 October 2025, featured some fascinating scale models, including tributes to the Mediterranean theatre of operations during WW2. Exhibits at the 42nd Annual International Plastic Modellers […]

The Odyssey of Paul Fries, on land and at sea, in Greece, 1941-44.

By Pierre Kosmidis Photos © Jochen Fries, submitted to www.ww2wrecks.com and used by permission. Personal stories of individuals, who found themselves in the maelstrom of war, are always interesting, as they offer us a glimpse of daily life, as well as the country they found themselves in. One such case is German soldier Paul Fries, […]

Hellenic Air Force Museum update: The exhibits on September 21st, 2025

By Pierre Kosmidis All photos © www.ww2wrecks.com The Hellenic Air Force Museum has undergone major changes, focusing mostly on the jet era, rather than the World War 2 wrecks, that made it a unique museum worldwide in the past. Nevertheless, the aviation enthusiast will still find some interesting exhibits in the hangar and the yard […]

The ghosts of the Greek Civil War: The remains of a fallen soldier found in the mountains of Florina, 80 years later.

All photos © by Panagiotis Kostidis, submitted exclusively to www.ww2wrecks.com and used by permission Text by Pierre Kosmidis Florina town, in northwestern Greece, has witnessed fierce fighting during the initial stages of Operation “Marita”, the German invasion of Greece in 1941, as well as during the Greek Civil War, in 1949. During the Greek Civil War, it is estimated […]

The iron harvest of Greece: Unexploded relics of the Greek Civil War, 1946-49, by Greek Army EOD Specialist Panagiotis Kostidis

All photos © by Panagiotis Kostidis, submitted exclusively to www.ww2wrecks.com and used by permission Text by Pierre Kosmidis Florina, with approximately 17,000 inhabitants, is one of the most beautiful towns in northwestern Greece. Today, visitors from all over Greece, as well as neighbouring countries, are visiting Florina for its wonderful climate, the nice architecture and […]

Centaur tanks in Greek service, 1946-1957

By Pierre Kosmidis Greece received its first tanks after WW2 as part of the British military aid in May 1946, 52 Centaurs (along with Carriers, Marmon Herrington Mk. IVs and Otter Is) , which were set in action the very next year, during the Greek civil war, against the communist forces in Macedonia and Epirus. […]

Regia Aeronautica aircraft at Maritsa airfield, Rodos island, by Massimo Mometti

By Pierre Kosmidis Photos submitted to www.ww2wrecks.com by Massimo Mometti and used by permission Mr. Massimo Mometti, from Italy, has a series of photos of his father, who served with the Regia Aeronautica, the Italian Royal Air Force, in Rodos island, during World War 2. Mr. Mometti’s father was based at the Maritsa airfield. Maritsa airfield is […]