One of the Most important and missunderstood events of the WWII took place in Balkans. I think you should please give a notice to them a bit.
1. The Italians after the conquest of Albania they formed troops of native albanian people who consisted the initial force of Italy on the attack against Greece.
1.1 After the italian Surrender to the allies and the Ocupation of Italy from the Germans, the Germans formed Waffen SS troops consisted of albanian natives who had been trained in Romania and 500 of them fought until the "Bitter End" in berlin against the ussr. The soviets executed all the survivors.
2. The Italian Attack on Greece in 28.10.1940, the loss of Italy and the the declaration of war against greece by the Gerrmans in 6th of April in 1941.
2.1 The germans attacked in Metaxa's Line the fort of the province
Thessaloniki and had great losses. So the germans in order to be in time with their plan Barbarossa they attacked on Yugoslavia and then attacked Greece from the province of Skopje. Since the Mass of the greek armies were in Vlore and in thessaloniki fighting the 280.000 Italians in albania and the 55.000 germans in the Bulgarian borders, the germans from Yugoslavia found no resistance in Ioannina and surrounded the greek army and they conquered the continental greece.
2.1.2 The presence of The german troops in Bulgaria frightened
turkey. Turkey informed Germans that they would have war if the bulgarians did not push back 80km the bulgarian army from the turkish-bulgarian borders. Also at the same time Turkey declared "no attack" promise to greece.
2.1.3 The attack of germans in Balkans delayed 2 whole months the german troops and the Barbarossa plans with the most well know affects(russian winter etc.)
2.2 The presence of British troups in greece since February 1941 because greece was consider an allied country.
2.2.1 The heroic battle of Crete where New Zealanders, Australians, British and Greeks fought the German Paratrooper invasion. The last German Paratrooper Huge operation since after that most units had been completely anniliated.
2.2.2. Greek troups still existed after the fall of greece. Greek navy was a threat in the aegean seas against the italians.
The greeks also fought in El-Alamein and in Rimini For the liberation of their former enemies.
2.3. Vlore ( Southern Albania or Northern Epirus for the greeks)
Was set free 3 times by the greek forces. 1st in the 2nd balkan war, 2nd in the 1st world war where vlore was indipented greek state but the italians helped the albanians to absorb it to their state. 3d in the 2ndWW. They still live 350.000 greeks there.
2.4 Greece was under a tripple occupation. The islands (exept Crete), Ioannina and Agrinion was uder the italians, thrace or the province of thessaloniki in the HOI was under the bulgarians and the rest to the germans.
3 After the German conquest of Yugoslavia Mihailovic a Serbian formed an army concisted by "troica" 's and created a great army of chetniks who had set free parts of Montenegro and southern yugoslavia. The croatian-communist Tito with the initial help of the nazi's in support and tolerance attacked to Mihailovic and finaly won him. From this win the tito's Partisan were the monopoly force in Yugoslavia.
4. Romania has national claims on Northern Greece because of a small minority of romanian speaking goatshepards Vlaxi. Bulgaria has national claims in Thessaloniki for geographical reasons, the same happens with yugoslavia and also because of some slavian speaking people in northern greece.
I hope i covered most of the issues. I hope you keep them in mind in further versions of C.O.R.E. Feel free to add anything.
all the the facts and sources are at your disposal anytime.
ps. sorry for the spell errors
1. The Italians after the conquest of Albania they formed troops of native albanian people who consisted the initial force of Italy on the attack against Greece.
1.1 After the italian Surrender to the allies and the Ocupation of Italy from the Germans, the Germans formed Waffen SS troops consisted of albanian natives who had been trained in Romania and 500 of them fought until the "Bitter End" in berlin against the ussr. The soviets executed all the survivors.
2. The Italian Attack on Greece in 28.10.1940, the loss of Italy and the the declaration of war against greece by the Gerrmans in 6th of April in 1941.
2.1 The germans attacked in Metaxa's Line the fort of the province
Thessaloniki and had great losses. So the germans in order to be in time with their plan Barbarossa they attacked on Yugoslavia and then attacked Greece from the province of Skopje. Since the Mass of the greek armies were in Vlore and in thessaloniki fighting the 280.000 Italians in albania and the 55.000 germans in the Bulgarian borders, the germans from Yugoslavia found no resistance in Ioannina and surrounded the greek army and they conquered the continental greece.
2.1.2 The presence of The german troops in Bulgaria frightened
turkey. Turkey informed Germans that they would have war if the bulgarians did not push back 80km the bulgarian army from the turkish-bulgarian borders. Also at the same time Turkey declared "no attack" promise to greece.
2.1.3 The attack of germans in Balkans delayed 2 whole months the german troops and the Barbarossa plans with the most well know affects(russian winter etc.)
2.2 The presence of British troups in greece since February 1941 because greece was consider an allied country.
2.2.1 The heroic battle of Crete where New Zealanders, Australians, British and Greeks fought the German Paratrooper invasion. The last German Paratrooper Huge operation since after that most units had been completely anniliated.
2.2.2. Greek troups still existed after the fall of greece. Greek navy was a threat in the aegean seas against the italians.
The greeks also fought in El-Alamein and in Rimini For the liberation of their former enemies.
2.3. Vlore ( Southern Albania or Northern Epirus for the greeks)
Was set free 3 times by the greek forces. 1st in the 2nd balkan war, 2nd in the 1st world war where vlore was indipented greek state but the italians helped the albanians to absorb it to their state. 3d in the 2ndWW. They still live 350.000 greeks there.
2.4 Greece was under a tripple occupation. The islands (exept Crete), Ioannina and Agrinion was uder the italians, thrace or the province of thessaloniki in the HOI was under the bulgarians and the rest to the germans.
3 After the German conquest of Yugoslavia Mihailovic a Serbian formed an army concisted by "troica" 's and created a great army of chetniks who had set free parts of Montenegro and southern yugoslavia. The croatian-communist Tito with the initial help of the nazi's in support and tolerance attacked to Mihailovic and finaly won him. From this win the tito's Partisan were the monopoly force in Yugoslavia.
4. Romania has national claims on Northern Greece because of a small minority of romanian speaking goatshepards Vlaxi. Bulgaria has national claims in Thessaloniki for geographical reasons, the same happens with yugoslavia and also because of some slavian speaking people in northern greece.
I hope i covered most of the issues. I hope you keep them in mind in further versions of C.O.R.E. Feel free to add anything.
all the the facts and sources are at your disposal anytime.
ps. sorry for the spell errors
