The Marmon-Herrington Mk IVF armoured car at the Athens War Museum

By Pierre Kosmidis Photos © www.ww2wrecks.com A restored to its 1947 Greek Army colour and markings Marmon-Herrington Armoured Car is currently exhibited at the court yard of the Athens War Museum. Marmon-Herrington Armoured Car was a series of armoured vehicles that were produced in South Africa and adopted by the British Army during WW2. Mk IVF (1943) is […]

Can you identify this item, possibly from a Spitfire aircraft?

By Pierre Kosmidis Photos © Ntinos Mpampakos, submitted to www.ww2wrecks.com and used by permission Following the positive identification of a Spitfire landing gear part in a remote mountainous area of northwestern Greece by Mr. Ntinos Mpampakos, another item awaits its identification. Since this part was found close to the landing gear, it is highly probable that this part belonged […]

Help us identify this landing gear part: Could it belong to a Spitfire?

By Pierre Kosmidis Photos © Ntinos Mpampakos, submitted to www.ww2wrecks.com and used by permission Another find by Mr. Ntinos Mpampakos in northwestern Greece, awaits its identification by aviation experts. The landing gear part was found in a remote area in the mountainous region of northwestern Greece, off the beaten track and possibly belongs to a Spitfire. During […]

The vehicles of the Hellenic Air Force Museum

By Pierre Kosmidis All photos © www.ww2wrecks.com, shot on Sunday 24 September 2023 The Hellenic Air Force Museum features some unique exhibits, spanning across 8 decades of aviation history. Among them, aircraft salvaged from the depths, such as a Ju52 shot down in Leros island in 1943, a Bristol Blenheim shot down in Crete in 1941, a […]

1940-41: The Greek postcards boosting the morale at the home front

By Pierre Kosmidis The postcards are from the collection of www.ww2wrecks.com, unless credited otherwise Postcards celebrating Greek victories against the Italians in 1940-41 The unprovoked Italian attack against Greece, on October 28, 1940, soon turned into a series of Greek victories against the Italina forces, at a time that the Axis powers seemed invincible, having […]

H ιταλική κατοχή στην Ελλάδα – Μια “δήλωσις κατοχής ραδιοφώνου” του 1941

By Pierre Kosmidis Μπορεί οι αναθεωρητές της Ιστορίας και οι όμοιοί τους να παρουσιάζουν την ιταλική κατοχή της Ελλάδας, από το 1941 έως το 1943, ως μια περίπου μεσογειακή ιστορία… αγάπης, βασισμένοι σε ταινίες όπως το Mediterraneo ή το Μαντολίνο του Λοχαγού Κορέλλι, η αλήθεια ωστόσο είναι πολύ διαφορετική. Οι Ιταλοί, αν και δεν έκαναν τα […]

Bunker Archaeology: The WW2 German “underworld” of Anatolia College in Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece, by Konstantinos Kirimis

By Pierre Kosmidis Photos and info submitted to www.ww2wrecks.com by Konstantinos Kirimis, used by permission Konstantinos Kirimis, a respected researcher and author visited the Anatolia College WW2 bunkers, which were designed and constructed by the German Occupation Forces. During the occupation of Greece (1941-44) the German forces stationed in Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece, used the Anatolia College, as […]