A coastal gun near the tower of Bouboulina

1941–1943 Probable

Among the occupation defences of Myloi was a coastal gun next to the tower known as the tower of Bouboulina. The base of the gun emplacement could still be seen in 1994.

Where

Myloi (the village)

Threads

War and occupation

Certainty

Probable likely, but not fully proven

Sources

• Κ. Δανούσης, Αναγέννηση (Άργος) 321, Σεπτ. 1994, online: «Οι Γερμανοί στην Αργολίδα το 1941» Open (opens in a new tab)

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1. 13 December 1940

   A soldier from Skafidaki falls on the Albanian front

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2. 28 December 1940

   A soldier born in Myloi dies in the military hospital of Mesolongi

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3. 1941–1942

   A second German reconnaissance flight photographs the bay

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4. 1941–1943

   Men rounded up in Argos work on the Myloi fortifications

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