War, occupation, civil war · War and occupation
Myloi in the Italian zone of occupation
1941–1943 Proven
From the summer of 1941 until September 1943 Myloi lay in the Italian zone of occupation, which covered most of the Peloponnese; Italian troops of the 'Siena' division held Argos and Nafplio from May to September 1941. German services remained in Argos, and the airfield at Koutsopodi stayed in German hands. Which Italian unit was stationed in Myloi itself is not known.
Read the full story: 1941, war in Greece: Myloi from above
- Where
- Myloi (the village), Argos, Nafplio
- Threads
- War and occupation
- Certainty
- Proven confirmed by primary sources
Sources
- Visit Myloi, '1941, war in Greece: Myloi from above' Open (opens in a new tab)
- Wikipedia (it/en), '52ª Divisione fanteria Siena' Open (opens in a new tab)
Also in this period
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13 December 1940
A soldier from Skafidaki falls on the Albanian front
The Greek Army's roll of the dead of 1940–45 records Sokratis Papanastasopoulos, born in Skafidaki in 1916, killed at Golemi on the Albanian front on 13 December 1940.
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28 December 1940
A soldier born in Myloi dies in the military hospital of Mesolongi
Private Panagiotis Lymperopoulos, son of Epameinondas, born in Myloi in 1915, died in the military hospital of Mesolongi on 28 December 1940, during the Greek-Italian war. He is listed in the Greek Army's roll of the…
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1941–1942
A second German reconnaissance flight photographs the bay
A German strip flight of 1941–1942 (film 93) photographed Myloi again: the curve of the bay, the village along the main road at the foot of Pontinos, the station and the pier.
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1941–1943
A coastal gun near the tower of Bouboulina
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.