Dark Waters: Exploring the wrecks of the abyss with Richie Kohler and Dmitry Tomashov
By Pierre Kosmidis Photos submitted by Dmitry Tomashov and used by permission Dark Waters, a fascinating TV series, documenting the fate of stunning wrecks, which caught the imagination of explorers, is brought to life, thanks to the efforts of U Boat Malta and AQ Films Malta, featuring Richie Kohler and Dmitry Tomashov. www.ww2wrecks.com reached out to […]
Kos, Greece, 1943: The execution of 103 Italians by the Germans, a forgotten massacre of World War 2 – “Αrmadio della vergogna”
By Lieta Zanatta Photos by Colonel (ret.) Pietro Giovanni Liuzzi Broken buckles, medals, military decorations, buttons belonging to the jackets of artillery soldiers, a golden fountain pen and several cartridge cases for German pistol, rifle and machine gun, appeared on the ground dug in a plot next to the sea in the island of Kos, in Dodecanese. […]
The German F-131 landing boat, type Leiche MG (LMG), by Lt. Gen (ret.) Androulakis Giorgos
By Lt. Gen. (ret.) Androulakis Giorgos On the north sandy coast of Kos Island, approximately 600 meters east of Marmari, a shipwreck is laying a few metres off the beach. It is a WW 2 shipwreck, destroyed shortly after the occupation of Kos by German invasion troops in October 1943. The boat is the F-131 (Ferry-131) landing […]
Greece at War: WW2 through propaganda posters and illustrations
By Pierre Kosmidis
Swastika on the Acropolis: The truth behind the myths
By Pierre Kosmidis Πολλές φορές, ένας βολικός μύθος είναι προτιμότερος από την ιστορική αλήθεια, σε σημείο που κάποια στιγμή γίνεται “εθνικό αφήγημα”, παρά το ότι οι ιστορικές πηγές και τα τεκμήρια καταδεικνύουν ότι ο μύθος έχει τόση σχέση με την πραγματικότητα, όση και ο… φάντης με το ρετσινόλαδο. Μια τέτοια περίπτωση είναι η έπαρση της […]
My failed escape from Crete May 1941, by Charles John Corbould
SOURCE The setting appears to be soon after the invasion by the German Army of the island of Crete in May 1941, and after the incomplete evacuation of Allied troops left many Allied personnel on Crete. Those in charge of those left behind had ordered the troops to surrender to the Germans. It is likely […]
Greece, April 1941: “Only the dead have seen the end of war”
By Pierre Kosmidis Three Allied soldiers lay dead under an olive tree, somewhere in Greece, April 1941, during the German invasion, code named “Operation Marita”. “Only the dead have seen the end of war”… RIP
The first and last tank battle in Greece, 13-14 April 1941
By Pierre Kosmidis Photos: Signal Magazine During the early afternoon of 13 April the 33rd Panzer Regiment of the 9th Panzer Division entered Ptolemaida in northern Greece, a town midway between Vevi and Kozani. (CLICK TO READ THE FULL ACCOUNT) The British had lost their hill positions, abandoning thirty-two tanks and antitank guns […]
FOUND! A WW2 aircraft Wreck in the island of Ulysses – Ithaki, Ionian Sea, Greece
By Pierre Kosmidis Ithaki or Ithaca is a Greek island located in the Ionian Sea, off the northeast coast of Kefalonia and to the west of continental Greece. It is the second-smallest of seven main Ionian Islands, after Paxi. The capital, Vathy or Ithaki, has one of the world’s largest natural harbours. Ithaki covers an area of […]
Ο Σταμάτης Πολενάκης από τη Σίφνο και η πρώτη ελληνική ταινία κινουμένων σχεδίων το 1942
ΠΗΓΗ:Copyright © 2014 greekanimation.com / Angelos Rouvas Πέντε χρόνια μετά την προβολή της ταινίας “Η Χιονάτη και οι 7 Νάνοι” (1937), την πρώτη μεγάλου μήκους ταινία με κινούμενα σχέδια που υλοποιήθηκε από τον οργανισμό Walt Disney Productions, ένας Έλληνας σκιτσογράφος και αυτοδίδακτος animator, οΣταμάτης Πολενάκης (1908-1997), σχεδιάζει και σκηνοθετεί την πρώτη ελληνική ταινία κινουμένων σχεδίων μικρού […]