HHF Presents
The Hellenic Heritage Foundation (HHF) is committed to supporting Hellenic education, culture and heritage initiatives across Canada. Its award-winning History Committee creates public history projects for a diaspora audience. This podcasting channel “HHF Presents” seeks to inform and narrate stories from our Greek past.
HHF Presents
Greece's Darkest Decade - Episode Three: An Early Victory, A Crushing Invasion
•
Hellenic Heritage Foundation
•
Season 6
•
Episode 3
Use Left/Right to seek, Home/End to jump to start or end. Hold shift to jump forward or backward.
War began with a cruel and punishing winter at the Albanian front, which led to victory for Greece – and an eventual German invasion. As parts of Greece quickly fell, the island of Crete was the site of the first major Allied victory. A look at the battles that shaped this war in Greece with guest Prof. Nicholas Doumanis, Professor of History of the University of Illinois Chicago.