Battle of Greece 1940: Mussolini Attacks - World War II DOCUMENTARY
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Our animated historical documentary series on modern warfare continues with a video on the Battle of Greece of 1940. This episode will focus on the pre-war situation in Italy and Greece and then will dive into the Italian invasion of Greece.
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Very Good video👍👍👍👍
Love your videos K&G ! ❤
@@avitiusrufinus6980 History is one thing , fictional strories and propaganda is another . This falls in the second category .
thank you 😊😊
Mussolini: I will bring back the glory of the Roman empire.
Greeks : Exactly, but of the eastern Roman empire.
roman empire was hellenic for 1200 years and italian for 1000....
@Θάνος Αλε greco roman war in a nutshell
Greeks:we have sparta, athens and many great states that stood against persia, we shall not fall!
Also greeks: 'see tortoise formations and flees'
Greek advisor: our men flee the fields of battle, Such a shameful display!
Last chance of Greeks to bring some glory back was at the end of World War I. Too bad they blew it.
@@daimonioshellene Hellenism created Christianity after mixing with judaism. Christianity would not have existed without hellenistic thought and influenced it all the way to this days...what really destroyed hellenism in the East was Islam.
@@daimonioshellene There was no such thing such as exclusive racial religion back then. People would worship wathever gods they wanted along with their national ones. Whatever was trendy they would most likely adopt, and that eventually happened with Christianity. Eventually, hellenism molded the latter and gradually became the majority religion just like Sol Invictus and Trimegistus almost did on the West; forced conversions on that period were rare.
Like it or not, Christianity was refined on the Hellenistic East before it crossed to Rome and the West. Without greek philosophy and fashion mixing up with judaism, christianity would have never been born. Greece never died, it just changed.
The moment when you attempt to invade Greece but Greece invades you right back.
Looool with no tanks, few machine guns and few aircraft
They never learned from alexander the great that they can hit back hard
Same thing that happened to the Persians lol
@Emre Al when you forget you are Turkish and have only defeats against Italians in your record.
@@that4711 To be fair to the Persians they had done a good job playing the Greek city states against each other for a long time before Alexander conquered their empire.
"To the surprise of the Italians, the political divisions in Greece were temporarily silenced in a mood of national unity."
This seems like a recurring theme for anytime Greece gets invaded
As a Greek i can tell you internal conflict is our bane and critical weakness...
Persians left the chat
The only thing thing Greeks hate more than each other are outsiders.
@@dyhockane7506 actually the Persians even had Greek allies in both invasions.
@@Historyfan476AD more like vassal states, it's not a coincidence that their navy had no coherence and that the Persian generals was repositioning their Greek troops during the battle of platie because they didn't trust them..
Not to mention that queen Artemisia actually sunk 3 fellow Persian ships that was blocking her escape from the battle of salamis 😏
Polish regards to Greece. Glad to see both civilians and the military holding off the tide. Very heroic. You should be proud to be Greek.
They went hard like that guy from 300
Although Greek and Turkish past is horrifying, Greece did a very grand resistance against the Italians and almost won the battle but as the Bulgarians joined the Axis and the Axis invaded Yugoslavia, Germany moved its troops to help the Italians and later managed to finish Greece but I’m surprised that the Greek people helped the Greek Army with climbing the mountains with ammunition and equipment that whom some were transported by Britain! Turkey and Greece have similar culture, similar food and similar terrain as our Turkish terrain is hilly and and mountainous in the Anatolian parts of Turkey mostly! Even though the Greeks attacked us, we should’ve supported them as Turkey didn’t want all it’s neighbours Fascist and dark as Turkey was recovering in peace and didn’t want the Axis around the nation! Unfortunately we couldn’t support Greece because 1. Bulgaria could start invading and break our supply lines, 2. Rhodes was Italian and could sink our transport ships across the Aegean Sea! 3. Our navy was bust and we were recovering and we didn’t have proper naval bases and 4. Turkey was an exhausted nation!
@@englishandturkce4513 The part that you said, the greek attacked us, is true, however all the western land of turkey was greek before. Trurkish people came to that land later on, originally this land doesn't belong to you. I am not saying that I would love to see your ppl dieing for us to take back what was ours in the long past, just completeting the sentence. What happened in the past, I hope it stays in the past. But history teaches us that Turky Bulgaria and Albania will betray Greece and I am afraid that "Fyrom" that claims the name Macedonia and got it, will Betray us too due to the hate they have for us for no reason!
We are mostly proud to have the greatest resistance in Europe later on
Long live Poland! Your contribution against nazis will never be forgotten, Greece salutes you
Italy: Daddy Germany look! I can blitzkrieg too
Greece: No.
@Claus Bohm But it was Greece's sheer determination that in reality, as so many historians, and Hitler himself believed, caused the Germans to lose in Russia. That, and the economic and military aid of the United States, wg=hich without, Russia would have not prevailed.
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@@NewarkBay357 the Germans lose in Russia because the Russians, 8 out of 10 German soldier were killed in the eastern front
@eddie money Given the vast size of Russia, population size and all her natural resources including oil, I just can't imagine how the Germans could possibly have won. Even if they succeeded in taking Moscow the Russians just retreat Eastward and regroup. Imagine how far the German supply lines would have to be if they drove the Russians back to Siberia!
@@silverbullet2008bb it also helped that Romania and hungry had a extremely small military industry
Mussolini :- "If we invade Greece we will grind you into dust under our boots"
Metaxas :- "if"
that was the answer of Spartans to the Phillip of Macedon. And yes they both spoke GReek, not Illyrian
@@iem7252 thats why he wrote this comment you dummy, hey did you know your name was i.e.m.?
Lakonia
@@bigboyxxxXxxx Hey Mike, that's one of the best most funniest names I ever saw on youtube LOL! omg that's great
I’m sorry for you but italy conquered Greece at the last
Mussolini: Its time for Italy to shine.
Greece: I am about to destroy this man's whole career.
Bum, bam bum, bada da dup POOOW!!!!!
ILL BE BACK YA PUNKS
@太邪太恶了犹太佬 SHUT UP
I am Italian and both of my grandfathers fought in Greece.
I always think that Mussolini felt necessary to make that war with Greece only to imitate the Germans. They, however, had real tanks, while we had tin of sardines.
When I listen to a military and historical description of the Greco-Italian War, I always feel more determined not to put up with Matteo Salvini, leader of the Liga Party.
What Mussolini did damaged Italy a lot. We must not let such awful events happen again, so it cannot be forgotten.
i'm italian and that comment made me lmao XD
My grandfather died in this war. Greetings to all Greeks and to our Italian brothers. Let’s never fight again.
Agree. No matter the amount of casualties you can write down on a paper, the suffering that both countries go through during a war is unmeasurable. You can't measure the sadness of the family members who lost loved ones in the war. War brings nothing more the misery.
My grandmother dies in this war
italy started that fight, not Greece. So lets wish not italy behave to Greece in this horrible way again.
Το δις εξαμαρτείν ουκ ανδρός σοφού
The Greek women climbed the mountains with heavy supplies on their backs for the soldiers...mothers and grandmothers defied the weather conditions and heroicaly were the life saving force of the fontline...remember our women!!!!
Indeed the Greek women were literally the backbone of the army's logistics. Incredibly brave!
Absolutely true.🇦🇺👍🇬🇷
Can you shut up with this feminist bullshit. Men fought the War. Were there no men to fight there'd be nothing in Greece but a bunch a pregnant women making pizza for their Italian conquerors
@@GandalftheWise but if all the men are fighting, who carried the supplies lol?
It's not really about "feminism", it's about easy logic.
Greeks are nationalistic, therefore, the women would naturally want to help the fight. As they can not fight in the frontlines, they instead help carry supplies to the frontlines. Easy logic
@@Khookies-lp2lu The native mountain goats
Greece whipped the Italians so badly that at the French/Italian border, there was a sign that said, "Greeks stop here. This is France!"
After defeating the Italians, they had to take on Goliath's big brother...Germany. Both of my grandfathers fought in the Greek army against Italy and later participated in the Resistance against the Germans/Italians. I will never forget their stories of incredible hardship.
To this day, October 28 is still celebrated as Οχι (No) Day with parades and homes displaying Greek flags. I think Greece is the only country that actually celebrates (rather than somberly observing) their entry into WWII.
Greece fought as well as they could within its limits. And boy did they have limits! Outnumbered and outgunned with no tanks, no anti-tank weapons, very few aircraft, a small navy, little industry, and an underdeveloped network of roads and railroads.
British Commonwealth forces did the best they could to help Greece, but they were too few in number. They had to protect the British Isles and their possessions around the world. No doubt sending forces to Greece did not help the situation in North Africa. But help was appreciated. Greeks cheered Commonwealth forces when they arrived. They also cheered when they were retreating. Greeks cheered them on saying "You will come back! We will be waiting for you!".
The only complaint I have about the Commonwealth's help is their lack of preparing Crete. Greece was told to go ahead and transfer most of the Crete garrison to Albania to fight the Italians. Britain would prepare the island's defenses. They never really did. Whether it's due to assuming Crete would not be a future battlefield, logistical problems, or other circumstances. General Freyberg left a lot to be desired. He was told an airborne attack was coming, yet still deployed his forces for a seaborne invasion. In spite of it all, they nearly defeated the Germans, if not for a lack of communication and awareness. If they only had just 20 more radios. If just half of the Cretan Division was still there to help. Who knows?!?
Crete should NEVER have fallen.
To this day, the people of Crete remember the British, Australian and New Zealanders that fought alongside the Greeks. Every year there is a memorial service on the anniversary of the invasion. The sadly shrinking number of veterans that are able to return are treated with respect, honor, and a deep appreciation.
To our Allies, thank you for your help.
To my grandfathers...you are heroes and I will always be proud of you both. Miss you and love you. Your memories live on in your photos and the stories I tell to your great-grandchildren who regret having never met you.
Ζήτω η Ελλάδα!
Just to mention you that Romans Italians had you back then under their occupation very easly without any resistance, because this is real war and Italy did mistakes dosnt mean that they coudnt beat you and Greece woudnt existing after all.
This is a great story! Thanks for sharing :)
@@Cassius.S Romans and Italians are the same thing? Really?Dude you are desperately need to open a book
Or two
By the way what a lame point is that?
History isn't written by " IF's "
Be respectful to history , stay on facts don't behave like 8 years old
@@Pavlos_Charalambous Πατριώτη, περίμενα να μου κατέβει πρώτα λίγο η πίεση μου, μετά από αυτό το σχόλιο που έκανε ο ανιστόρητος SlainSoul και μετά να του γράψω έναν καλό εξώψαλμο, αλλά ευτυχώς του απάντησες όπως έπρεπε, κρατώντας την αξιοπρέπεια σου και σεβόμενος τους προγόνους μας! Εύγε!
@@chrismichal8242 Ναι μωρέ τρολαρει χωρίς να γνωρίζει τα βασικά, στα μισά του σχόλια μας υποστηρίζει στα αλλά μισά γράφει τα δικά του 😆
Amazing story of courage and fighting spirit while outnumbered and outgunned, respect from a Greek Australian 🇦🇺🇬🇷🇦🇺🇬🇷
The Greek was autnumbered end autganned??? End the 45 reggimenti of alpine infantry by France chess eure DES Alpe, traineted end well armeted with a new artillery, plus tunnel end deposit long the border of Albania, dated 1936 when Metaxas whas infiltrated by UK end France whit a purpose to create a war by procure four UK, indeed Albania was not occupied by Italy in 36, so they planned, to by a victim e or they fortification the border becouse afreid of Albanian invasion. Dear Greek think to liberated Constantinopolis, if the UK letting you. Becouse you most always asking too.
@@eugeniocapelli9316 butthurt??calm down its not ashame to lose a battle against greeks.
Classic הנבחרים ישו מת האנשים
🇦🇱🖤🇦🇱🖤👊🏻🇦🇱🇦🇱🖤🇦🇱👊🏻🇦🇱🖤🇦🇱👊🏻🇦🇱🖤🇦🇱👊🏻🇦🇱🖤🇦🇱🖤🇦🇱
@@xdx2653 And to talk the history, not same theater, by wischen, Historically, of Europe, is not by any one to change of interest
As a venetian it is most shameful to be reminded of this particular chapter of italian history since we have a saying to describe our relation with the greeks: "una faccia, una razza" (one face, one race)
We Greeks use the exact same phrase to describe how we see Italians. Our pronunciation is probably a bit off though :P
exactly thats why you sacked Constantinople.
@@mohammedjasil2295 1000 years ago....
Don't worry we still love you
@@mohammedjasil2295 they didn't. You confuse Venetians with franks, and more specifically a group of 90,000 Frankish mercenaries, not even Frankish kingdoms themselves
I'm ashamed in this chapter! As a Greek Calabrese I give my most apology to the Greek people!I wasnt born then!But i feel the pain!Sorry my fellow Greeks!As I Locroy Ephizefiri I salute you!X
ciao grande. passato antiamo avanti adesso
Ciaoooo Magna Grecia
Magna Grecia allora! l amore per l Italia e cosi grande che quella guerra non ci ha influezzato. una parte del nostro sangue e vostro e viceversa
Salute Επιζεφύριοι Λόκροι!
Don't be sorry I'm happy it happened one more time greeks showed that we know how to fight
" We would have been brought to our knees if it was not for the bravery and courage of the Greeks. " - Marshal Georgy Zhukov
No way 😮
@@goran.rukljac When the Greeks defeated the Italians, Hitler was forced to send the German army to conquer Greece. This cost him crucial time, as a result of which he arrived late in Russia and fell on the harsh Russian winter, with the known results. If he was not delayed in Greece, it is possible that he maybe could subdue the Russians.
@@christos.8157 the biggest damage for the germans was the loss of equipment that they couldn't replace and the heavy casualties of their paratroopers who was forced to the ground
The time wasn't an issue since they was supposed to wait for favourably conditions- their meteorological agency fucked up operation barbarosa by telling Hitler that they are good to go
Ofcourse afterward Hitler being Hitler blamed Italy for not conquering the Balkans in time forcing him to move forces to invade Yugoslavia and Greece
As for zukof ok by the time he said that everybody was allies against Germany and you know they had to show some love to each other,
I mean what ever time we buy them, USSR wasn't talking advantage of it simply because Stalin really believed that the 3d Reich was Soviet union's ally and didn't prepare USSR for war with Germany
Even when German communist serving in the wehrmacht defected to USSR hours before the launch of operation barbarosa, they still underestimated the danger and the one Soviet formations that survived the next hours was the one who their commanding officers took actions despite the orders coming from Kremlin on personal risk ofcourse..
Christos Ζ. Thats a myth
1. germany didnt delay its invasion because of greece but because it was impossible to invade earlier due to the harsh weather
Thats the same reason why fall blau also starter in june
2. its not the winter that defeated the german army but it was the red army itself which stopped it
The attack on ussr was planned for may 1941...what was the cause of the delay? In may 1941 Germany needed 2 weeks to take Crete with huge casualties
"New Roman Empire"
Somewhere, Flamininus was just sobbing profusely at this pitiful invasion of Greece
Hello . Al Mamluk . You are from ? Egypt ?
Unlike the days of antiquity, when the Romans were able to count on Greeks fighting Greeks, this time the Greeks were united and avenging the defeats of the Romans from days of antiquity. Now the invaders from the Italian peninsula were facing a united Greek military force. If not for the Nazis, the Greeks would have had the opportunity to resupply their military with ammunition and airpower. If the only USA, had the foresight to discern the vital importance of the first allied victory over the Axis powers by merely providing munitions and money, it would have been Greece taking over Rome this time. My father, who was fighting in the Albanian mountains, said the Italian military had no stomach for fighting a determined Greek army that was, in Alexander the Great's words, "Fighting for the glory of Greece."
@@NewarkBay357 even an united Greece couldn't had stopped Romans . Back then existed a triple alliance Illyria-Epirus and Macedonia but still Rome defeated them easily
@@erickbehari6740 Epirus and Macedon were greek kingdoms
@@erickbehari6740 Macedonia was a Greek kingdom, if you remember, and fought the Romans. Stop spreading lies about Macedonia.
The best part of the Greeks and their amazing feats in this war was they wooped the Italians so badly that Germany had to delay it's invasion of the USSR to come save the Italians mess and because of that delay the Germans never reached Moscow before winter and probably had a massive impact on the outcome of the war. Thank you Greece.
Yes, that is true!!! And that is why the vengeful Germans do not ¨digest¨ it and tried to take revenge on us now with the memoranda and the so-called bankruptcies of Greece
Plus Greeks and Serbs made lots of problems to Germans and Italians inland because they underestimated us
@@sasaknezevic8365 the serbs barely did anything lmao
@@markv1158 Inform yourself bit more about it
@@johngerles842 not sure how your volunteer choice of joining to Euro sphere of influence is connected to blaming Germans for Greece going bankrupt. You should not change the currency if you weren't ready to economic inflation as a result. Your nation chose the path and made its own decisions. Germany had just enough money to buy everything what is yours. Just business. No hard feelings.
Two of my great grandfathers fought in that war. One lost a leg, the other lost hearing from his right ear. Thank you kings and generals for covering the battle of Greece.
Più fortunato di quelli del Armir
You died in the 16th century Ezio.
@@kratosthegodofwar2593 yo the whole video is basically Ezio vs Kratos
I am Greek, and my grandfather as a 37 yo reserve soldier fought against Italians in the Pindus front of 1940/41. Thankfully he survived, and after a few months he returned safe to our village near Patras. I don't hate Italians, because we Greco-Romans , used to be 100% brothers , 2 thousand years ago. Peace !! Never war again between, Greece and Italy. We are 2 sides of the same coin, of the Roman Empire.
Excellent performance by the Greek army and people ! Greetings from Serbia !
THANK YOU SERBIAN FRIENDS!!OUR REAL FRIENDS!
Greeks and Serbs always together always and forever 💙
Mussolini: Time for a new Roman empire.
Greece: hold my souvlaki.
General Paullus and Flaminius: Sit down, kiddo
Rome copied Greece well.
As an Italian I have only respect for Greece and that resistance. Mussolini made his entire country pay heavy price for stupid ego and ambitions. Fascism is a sad page of our history.
That cretin Mussolini did everything he could to make two countries suffer. Not Italian people's fault and Greeks are fully aware of that. Greeks love Italians
Fascists states burn bright but burnout fast.
Communist states burn modest for longer.
Hey at leaat you got some sweet colonies in libya, eritrea and somalia.
Pity, even people of 2 countries have sentiments for each others, Italy never been friendly to Greece. Until today.
Most people forget we also had a fascist regime back then. Truth is, if you did not attack us we would have stayed neutral.
Big love to Greece from the UK
It was in this war that historians say the Uno reverse card was first used by Papagos.
You just made the greatest pun in history because General Papagos was a smart gambler and especially good at bluffs!!! He was always winning his friends on card games 😂
Hahahaha
Lads,
The Greeks stared down a big Italian invasion, duked it out into a standstill, counterattacked, and led a counter-invasion. All while having close to nil armored divisions and under sustained fire from Italian artillery and air power.
Flamininus must be weeping inconsolably back then.
I mean they used to be East Roman Empire after all
@@aizseeker3622 when I see people writing the eastern Roman empire instead of byzantine, tears of joy flow from my eyes 😄
@@Pavlos_Charalambous Same, same.
They are good but not against everyone(Germans,Turks) yeah you get the picture
@@Eren-23 they were holding off BOTH the German and Bulgarian armies on the western Thrace front, at a stalemate.... the front only fell cause the germans invaded yugoslavia, and then crossed into Greece (yugoslavia was not heavily defended like the thracian front) and managed to encircle the defendants eventually....
As for the Turks, an army of 30.000 greek rebels, managed to kick out of Europe the ottoman empire of 20 million men..... that says a lot
I love how italians blame albanians for they failed offensive.
Prasca was blaming everyone except him self for his failure
The definition of a incompetent commander
He even said that the Greeks are fighting " to fanatically " 🤣🤣🤣
Like there's any other way to fight
Virgin Italy and Albania vs Chad Greece.
@@Pavlos_Charalambous Prasca is like Cadorna, i have no idea how they become general. Even a normal people is better of them, even Graziani
Like germany blamed the italian and romania
@Plamen Stoev because Italy was never an empire, had completly usless colony that can't be used, and italian oligars stay always on the top( even now 60% of the italian generals are the same of the 1 indipendence war). The inferiority think i din't undestand what you intend and so will not speack of it
Man how I love the Greeks. A thousand years ago they where roasting the Persians and whooping all their competition, and than again the leader of Greece just replied “No” to the Italian demands. I LOVE IT
He was a dictator tho and forced to say so. The true NO was during the national resistance by the partisans
@@joek600 Try explain this! I don't even bother, given the ignorance amount!
@Александр Macedonians worshipped the Greek gods, spoke the Greek language, shared Greek culture and participated in the Olympics where only Greeks were allowed. That absolutely makes them Greek.
@@kaldrm6547 Oh please for God's sake Communist propaganda in greece now Communist propaganda on the internet...
@Александр fyromian??
Italians: This is madness!
Greeks: Madness?! THIS IS SPARTAA!!
Lol. Still, we have to be proud of our victory here, albeit fighting a second-tier army. Still, Italy now is not to be trifled with. Happy to see Italy strenghtened.
@@user-kt1lh5sz1i yea, I didn’t try to insult Italy somehow. Italy and Greece are great countries with a rich history and culture.
Τζει lol not considering NATO, all of Western Europe can be defeated by either China, USA, Russia or India. And that’s just facts
@@theoneaboveall6751 I mean, France could kinda stand for longer
More like... AERA!
“Manchester Guardian”, 19 April 1941:
"So it will not be said that the Greeks are fighting as heroes, but that the heroes are fighting as Greeks."
"Bulgarians don't fight like Greeks ,
but Greeks fight like Bulgarians " - winston churchil
:D
Aleks K what?
Winston Churchill said that
Aleks K i smoke little mariqita but not so often but you are in other level my friend😉
@@aleksk4151 Bulgarians who? The mafia purest state in Europe?... Oh my...
"Call to arms, banners fly in the wind!
For the glory of Hellas
Coat of Arms reading _Freedom or Death_
Blood of King Leonidas!"
(SABATON INTENSIFIES)
Both my grandfathers fought in this war, one of them lost a whole hand. Still they never had anything bad to say against the italians, only the germans.
I really feel sorry for those Italians, they didn't want to fight war, they were forced to do it for Mussolini's greed, also I heard their humane treatment of prisoners.
@@user-pz2dy7wc9c they were really humane in Croatia where they did first genocide near Rijeka
@care stereo Fascists in the Balkans committed atrocities, you are right and that caused Tito’s revenge. Italian surviving soldiers coming back from that front that lived near the border urged their families to move because they knew what the command made them do and they knew vengeance was coming. Such a tragic tragic page of our history. Many after those massacres in Croatia, after coming back, turned and started fighting the civil war as partisans against the fascists and the nazis here at home.
Davide C. God...the partisans were sometimes even worse...my grandmother tells me stories that, just like the fascists, they would go to each house and take the women and girls
Brave AND smart? Only in Greece
am i the only one who feel respect towards the civilian population that joined the front to help the army to fight italians that is said at 14:19 ? cause i didnt catch any spesific word in the comments so far.
@@comradekenobi6908 no
@@USERCRETE The French did, the polish did, pretty much any country does unless they wanted to get annexed like Austria (anschluss) and the Free state of Danzig.
@@suedetree970 Same during the Turkish war of independence. I think it depends on how important the war is and culture ofc as some nations could accept being ruled by others while some just can't..
Just so you know fyi the civilian population were women. These women went to mountain tops while it was snowing (winter time) and with donkeys carried ammunition to the troops. It is said that they shaved all their sheep to make clothes for the troops on their slare times. Till this day in greece they are treasured as heroes and there are many songs about them
There was a huge civilian effort to provide soldiers on the mountain fronts with clothes to survive the winter. In my village 900 km from the borders women and teenagers were sewing socks and other clothes in the school under little light for the fear of air raids and women with mules near the front carried huge boxes of these clothes and other supplies over the mountains with meters of snow. I have never heard of any stories of women that died in Pindos mountain but with these conditions i'm sure there were some.
Italy had a population of 47 million with a relative developed industry while Greece had 7 million with a very poor industrial infrastructure. Some times it’s not all about mathematics as some contemporaries politicians with a Musollinian attitude believe.
@Johannes Terzis Greece didn't accepted the British help until the war with Italy reached a stalemate and became obvious that Germany is about to intervene
The reason for that was that metaxas hoped that this way wouldn't provoke a German attack
@Johannes Terzis not true. Metaxas kept rejecting british help.
@Johannes Terzis You are ignorant here. The issue with the Italians was that they may have had greater numbers in Italy; but they couldn't effectively muster them through restricted supply lines through Albania, and the rest of the empire.
Why does everyone forget logistics? It's like saying the Roman Empire, with all its hundreds of thousands of soldiers at one point, can just launch 20 legions into China if it wanted to. While technically they would have the manpower, that could never ever be done. Why? Because people forget LOGISTICS. An army marches on it's stomach, and if you pack too many people into an area you can't support, you actually LESSEN your fighting strength in the area, decrease unit effectiveness and cohesion, and increase the chance of a disorderly retreat, and that compiles on your already overstretched situation.
Add into that the largely badly trained Italian military, ineffective command and control organization, and bad leadership? Oh yeah, they aren't doing anything to Greece on their own anytime soon. Especially with a unified population against them that might not outnumber their whole population, not close - but more than enough to match what Italy could realistically send. And the Greeks had the advantage in Greece, and for that matter Albania; as that served more as a home field advantage for them than it ever would the Italians, given their logistical pathways, and the terrain differences.
Take out any British help; which they turned down anyway, and all German help; and there is no way Italy is taking Greece even if you gave them 5 years. In fact, Greece probably comes out with more land. But granted, they probably wouldn't achieve total victory or conquest of Italy in their own right, because their own logistics. Not without help from Britain. Logistics is the most important thing to understand in the talk of warfare, and almost no one thinks of wars and battle movements and commands in those terms, outside of enthusiasts, some historians, or professional military men.
@Johannes Terzis In every comment you try to rewrite history..that was NOT true again. Did your ancestors get rich through the black market in the war? Because I cannot find another excuse for these unhistorical lies..
Didn't you listen to the first part of the video? ...where they explain how Italy had other fronts open, was fighting away from home, enrolled albanian soldiers instead of using Italians only, and also ended up in numerical inferiority.
Putting Mussolini's war incompetence aside, I think we can all agree that Italy and Greece are the two pillars of western civilization and are the reason it had a chance to get to where it is today. Much respect to my Greek brothers.
Respect but Italians are not Romans
when the Turks come.....follow us... and we will show you where is the ' EAGLE '
Aoki Aoki
They are.
This is one of those stupid debates as to who is the heir of Rome. We both are in different ways. Una faccia una razza.
@@aokiaoki4238 The ones who live in the city of Rome are. However not all italians claim to be called Roman, we only claim it's legacy due to being the direct descendants of the ancient italic peoples who created Rome. The two nations in my opinion that deserve rome's legacy are italy and greece.
Mussolini: I'm gonna recreate the Roman Empire!
Greece: *Reverse Uno Card*
Mussolini: surprised pikachu face (or kaiba face)
@@mastermindd When you realise they used to reconquest Italy back then.
You guys cover all periods of history, I love it 👍
Isn't it great? There aren't many CZcams channels that do that with such accuracy and in such a amazing way that depicts the battles as they are carried out.
@@herewasbob7650 yeah the 2nd channel "The Cold War" is ok but I'd love this guy doing it instead of the David guy and in more of a style like this it's just more entertaining to me then how they do it on the other channel
Kings & "generals"
@@thatonemferyaknow3794 OfficiallyDevin has a great voice for history videos. He does gaming on his own channel
i am arab i love you greeks so much
@Besmir Besmir it dosent matter how we look,however if u look at us in general humans we have so much in common,important thing is how you interact with people in a good way :D
@Giannis Stathakis Please ignore idiots like him, not all Albanians are like that. I don't get why some fellow Albanians feel like insulting on every occasion. All they do this way is make Albanians seem like idiots. Which we are not.
I’m so thankful that people with another language listen Nikos Vertis. Greetings from Thessaloniki🇸🇦🇬🇷🙏🏻💪
Thank you! Love from Greece as well
A very good comment. Every country has problems with neighbors but I gotta say that as a Greek I feel closely related to the Arabs.
the Greek commanders were probably possessed by the ghost of Belisarius
Very observant A good portion of the Italian people are of gothic (Germanic) descent.
I read it as Belarus
Greeks must have drunk some Metaxa before fighting.
Metaxas was the prime minister, basically dictator under the Greek king who was a relative to the British one ( uncle if I remember correctly)
Greece would had stayed neutral if it wasn't for the Italian ultimatum who left no other choice to the Greek government than go to war
In metaxas words accepting the Italian ultimatum would had led to an invasion from all the axis forces
And the allies for him it better to fight our chances to field than allow to be chopped into pieces without a fight
@@Pavlos_Charalambous Το ποτό λέει
@@Pavlos_Charalambous Στο κονιάκ αναφέρεται
This is a good joke, but I am sorry to say the first Metaxas fought for Greece but the second one is "fighting" for a different purpose.....
Greeks always had in their blood, the war
"Turkey coming to Greece aid".
You can laugh now. That was the joke.
More like coming to stab Greece in the back
Basically Turkey threatens Bulgaria not to intervene since Turkey and Greece had signed in the 1920s a treaty ( together with Yugoslavia) to " contain " Bulgaria
For the story later in the war Turkey was threaten back by Germany and backed back in order to keep their neutrality 😏
@Μην Πατήσεις Πολύ ουτοπικό το σενάριο αυτό, εξάλλου ήταν ακόμα νωπές οι μνήμες της μικρασιατικής εκστρατείας και είχε ήδη αρχίσει να προμηνύεται(αν και νωρίς ακόμα) η περαιτέρω απομάκρυνση των Ελλήνων απτην ανατολική Θράκη και την Κωνσταντινούπολη, κάτι που εφαρμόστηκε απτην δεκαετία του '50 και μετά, ασε που η Τουρκία την περίοδο αυτή είχε να αντιμετωπίσει σημαντικά εσωτερικά ζητήματα που προέκυψαν εξαιτίας της μετάβασης σε "Δημοκρατία της Τουρκίας" από Οθωμανική αυτοκρατορία μόλις 30 χρόνια πριν. Επομένως δεν υπήρχε περίπτωση να συνδράμει την Ελλάδα, εξάλλου είχε πάρει και τις διαβεβαιώσεις της από τις τότε μεγάλες δυνάμεις μετά το τέλος του Α'ΠΠ πως θα διαφυλαξουν την εδαφική της ακεραιότητα, γι' αυτό και ως " αντάλλαγμα" η Τουρκία δεν αντεπιτεθηκε στην Ελλάδα μετά την μικρασιατική καταστροφή (μάλιστα δεν υπήρχε καν οργανωμένο σχέδιο για ανακαταληψη της αν.Θρακης από την Τουρκία, αυτό συνέβη λόγω ολιγωρίας του τότε κατακερματισμενου ελληνικού στρατού που είχε μηδενική παρουσία στην περιοχή, συγκυρία που εκμεταλλεύθηκε η Τουρκία), αλλά δεν επενέβη και στα σχέδια της Γαλλίας στα νότια σύνορα της (Συρία)
When the war started Turkey gave Greece a lot of Manlicher rifles and bullets which the Turks have taken when Greece lost to Turkey in 1922. This weapons were immediatly ready and operational.
Turkish-Greek diplomatic relations were better than ever during that period. They had also sign some defence treaties, in order to be safe from foreign attackers, like Italy and Bulgaria. The Greek-Serbian relations were also great.
Italy: Invades Greece
Greece: Invades back
Italy: *Surprised Pikachu face*
Greeks and Italians are brothers!
I am greek and I have origin from Magna Grecia ! una faccia una razza!
Κατάλαβες αυτό που είπες πήγαν να μας κατακτήσουμε κι εσύ λες αυτό το πράγμα >:(
@@leonidaspart1229 μια χαρά τα λέει ρε δεν ξέρεις ιστορία. Καταρχήν όπως έχεις ακούσει ο Μουσολίνι ήταν ΦΑΣΙΣΤΑΣ οπότε έκανε ότι ήθελε ασκετα αν ο κόσμος δεν ήθελε. Δεν έχεις ακούσει που οι Ιταλοί δεν ήθελαν να πολεμήσουν τους Ελληνες; Όταν μας κατέκτησε η Γερμανία οι Ιταλοί μας έδιναν φαΐ ενώ οι Γερμανοί μας σκοτωναν, δύσκολο να πεις ότι η Ιταλία δεν η αδελφή κράτος και εκτός αυτού όλη την ιστορία πάντα μια χώρα ήμασταν
@@leonidaspart1229 είσαι βλακας ρε φίλε; ΠΑΓΚΟΣΜΙΟ ΠΟΛΕΜΟ είχαμε, ούτε οι Ιταλοί ούτε οι Γερμανοί είχαν κατι προσωπικό με την Ελλάδα
@@stamblock δεν μα έδιναν φαγητο ήταν χειρότεροι από Γερμανούς
@@3dwaygreek καλά ρε εσύ που γεννήθηκες και τα λες όλα αυτά όταν λέμε τώρα στους Ιταλούς "δεύτερος παγκόσμιος πόλεμος" αυτοί κλαίνε και μας λένε συγνώμη
General Papagos never give permission for the defend of Ioannina to General Katsimitros neither freedom of action.The order of HQ
was
"As the 8th Division repels the invasion of Italian troops by force of arms, complying with the orders it has received for the execution of its mission" and general Katsimitros answer
"The Division will carry out its duty to the homeland, as the national honor requires, and in this way it is aware of it. I'm holding Kalpaki" and give the famously order to 8th division "No thought of retreat, the last line of defense is here, until the end" . Katsimitros' stance, not agreeing to retreat to the second line of defense and remaining at war where almost everyone thought the fight was lost, had caused enormous anxiety in Athens. But no one dared to order the division commander to fold. Τhank you for your time and keep up the good work!!
@@apmoy70 Αυτό δεν το ήξερα
Italy: attacks
Greece: I'm Going to do what's called a pro gamer move
From a Brit kudos to the Greeks you fought like true warriors
They fought like Heroes. Churchill.🇦🇺👍
@@aloysiusjones3985 No , churcil said the heroes fight like Greeks :) haha .Of course we are Grateful for the Australian and the newtzealandian helps!
Finally the Great Epos of Epirus , one of the greatest stories of the 2WW !
As an italian i am disgusted by that attack. Now i live in Greece and can only see brothership between my 2 countries.
They first attacked and invaded Albania on April 7th, 1939. They set up a puppet government that didn't represent the Albanian people at all, and had the so called government declare war at the neighboring country Greece. Greece declared war to Albania as well as a response to that. The sad part is that Greece sill have that war law with Albania. So technically Albania is still at war with Greece. This whole thing is a long story that might make the "great Greeks " feel ashamed of theirselves. At that time during second ww, Greek did genocide against Albanian people living in Greece for centuries, and used the excuse "that Albanians collaborated with the nazis", which wasn't true at all with the exemption of a few people just like everywhere else. They did genocide against the Albanians and forced them to leave their homeland and property and move to Albania. If Greece removes the war law with Albania that is still in power, the Albanian families that were forced to leave their homes in Greece, have the right to reclaim their property. We're talking about billions of dollars worth of properties, because there were thousands of Albanians that were killed or forced to leave. Their only guilt was that they were Albanian Chams(muslims), and Greece didn't want any muslims in Greece. They "keep" the Albanian Christians or Arvanites. Its a long and sad story my friend.
@@nertil80 Chams collaborated with the Nazis, when they promised them lands to make great Albania, in lands were Greeks were and are the predominant majority. Keep in mind that Zervas, an Arvanitis expelled them. If you can't accept that Chams collaborated with the Nazis, a simple Google research will change your view. While on the other hand, you are expelling repeatedly the Greeks of Northern Epirus and take their properties and even kill some of them when they dare to raise the Greek flag in their homes and towns, while Albanians in Greece have every possible right and enjoy good lives. You should be ashamed of yourself to have such claims against a country who accepted your people, when others at the same time sunk a ship with thousands of Albanians on it... Changes your mind, we are not your enemies, you are just being too nationalistic about it.
@@fidofinikeleo4014 I'm not sure where do you get your facts buddy, but it's not true that the whole Cham population collaborated with the nazis. Collaborated how? Your "Google search" is misleading you. It was just an excuse to kick them out and kill them because they're Muslims. Which other countries in Europe did that to the people that collaborated with nazis? France, Italy, Spain, England Norway etc etc had people that collaborated with the nazis, so what? Did you kick out any Greeks out of Greece for doing the same thing, or there were no Greeks that collaborated with the nazis? Every country had people that collaborated with the nazis, but no one did what Greece did. This whole genocide story started a long time ago buddy, way before the nazis were even born, back in 1830-s, when the Great powers decided to create Greece. For someone to understand this whole story, has to take of the glasses of nationalism. There are plenty of documents that prove the agreements between Greece and Turkey for the population exchange, in the last 200 years, where all the Muslim population in Greece that had been living there for centuries "overnight" were considered as Turks, and were sent to Turkey including Albanian Muslims, and Turkey in return sent all the Christian population living in Turkey (different nationalities) to Greece. The agreement of Lozano in 1923 is one of them. There are others if you want to open your mind and learn the truth. And about the rights of Albanians in Greece and the other way around, again you're misinformed. Do you know any Arvanites schools, where they learn the Albanian language? Tell me one? There are millions of Arvanites in Greece plus about a million and a half Albanians that came after the '90, and still, there are no Albanian schools and they have no right pretty much. Try to open a business in Greece and have the Albanian flag in it, and see. Greece is the only country that doesn't recognize any minorities living in Greece. So "there are no" Albanians, Vlach, Gypsies, Bulgarians, Turks etc living in Greece. So it's a "pure" Greek race. The sad part it's that a lot of Greeks still believe this bullshit. On the other hand there are plenty of Greek schools in Albania, Greek churches, and the Greek minority which is about 20-30 thousands enjoy all the rights they want and by the Albanian constitution 9 minorities enjoy their rights, even though most of them are just a few villages. You can't get your facts just by listening to the Greek propaganda. The Greek propaganda says that about half of Albania are Greeks, but none of it it's true. I live in Korcha and I'm an Albanian orthodox, and to Greek propaganda, this city is a Greek city. I tell you what, Korcha is about 30 minutes from the Greek border. Come and visit, and find me a single Greek here. No Greeks here buddy, sorry to disappoint you. But to the Greek propaganda everyone that is a Christian orthodox, is Greek. What a joke. Get a back pack and come and visit Albania, and you will see with you own eyes. You would see the difference. Also Greece is the only country where the police or the military would stop any person on the street that they thought were emigrants and check them for all the documents like the nazis did with the Jewish . Do you have any idea how many Albanians were killed crossing the border in the '90? or your "Google search" doesn't show anything? This whole thing that I wrote, it's not for you buddy, because I see that you're misinformed, but I hope that some other greeks with open minds read it, and do their own research "not Google search" to find the truth. I wish you all the best buddy.
Brothership hahaha. Look, Europe would be a nothing without Italy and Greece, which is why the two countries have this big and panhistoric rivalry. No Nations in the world have such a long and huge rivalry. Incredible.
@@nestororiginal2344 Are you greek or italian? If you aren't you clearly don't know what you are talking about, if you are either italian or greek and you feel rivalry, be sure that you belong to a very small minority.
As a Greek I thank you for this. I can't wait for the next one. GG
You have the same name as my cousin.
Αχ Τσιάνο θα τρελαθώ Τσιάνο με την Ελλάδα ποιος μου είπε να τα βάλω...
Να τα βανω δεν έλεγε;
βαζει ο ντουτσε τη στολη του
Military tradition is important in life as well. Greece was a country that had experienced at least 4 major conflicts before the Italian invasion. The Balkan Wars, the WW1 and the Asia Minor campaign. You don't choose to invade a country with such war experience.
@You've trod your last tread I have a feeling the Spartans, Athenians, Alexander, and the Byzantines would be proud.
I imagine the freshly won independence after centuries of foreign rule gave them a lot of zeal to fight back
So let's see, Balkan wars where Greece teamed up with other balkan minors against the crumbling Ottoman empire, who had to fight on multiple fronts against multiple enemies, gotto be a huge experience for the Greeks. Not to mention Bulgaria getting gangbanged by every single neighbor of his should add great value to Greek military tradition, lol.
WW1, a war Greece was practically useless for the allied war effort.
The invasian of Anatolia, a campaign literally financed by the allies of ww1, which turned the Greece into attack dogs of Britain and France and got their asses kicked.
Big fucking experience, considering that you guys haven't even been independent for the last 500 years lol. Italians were inventing the modern world, modern arts and finances, navigation and exploration, when Greeks were tax farmes of the Ottos.
Only a Greek could manage to take credit for another nation's incompetency, lol. Not that I'm a big fan of Italy as a nation state, but at least they had an empire. Greek was, still is and will allways be a Balkan minor, nothing more.
@@utouchmytralalalalala3899 a Balkan minor?? Have you read history?
@@utouchmytralalalalala3899 oh , and by the way , why do you think "Italians" invented the mordern world ? It was the greek refugees from Byzantine empire that passed their ideas and knowledge to Italians .
“We will not surrender, to an enemy we have defeated in Albania. So f*** off.”
A Greek’s letter to Nicolas Cage
We refuse to surrender to a nation we have defeated in Albania and reserve the right to surrender to a German Officer of Significant rank so F**k off
The mayor says: if you don’t know what f*** off means then come inside and we’ll show you
@@saint_matthias its from a movie he plays but i cant remember the title in english
Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001)
Romantic schmaltzy crap.
Basically It's actually something that really happen
The mayor of the town didn't want to see the Italian commander considering him " defiled "
By the way later in the war the Italian garrison of kefalonia had a very tragic fate..
the last great ruler of the persian empire said to his son: dont invade greece anymore... the greeks are descendants of the gods...
And his name please,? I am not familiar with this interesting information
@@thefire5423 dont be salty.its true
@@xdx2653 τι salty ρε άνθρωπε; Έλληνας είμαι
Ottoman Empire: laughs
@@darkspirit8247 what do you mean?
Alexander the Great would be pleased
@@sotos200012ss Doubtful.
@@josecipriano3048 I'm just going to leave this here:
“Now you fear punishment and beg for your lives, so I will let you free, if not for any other reason so that you can see the difference between a Greek king and a barbarian tyrant, so do not expect to suffer any harm from me."
“Our enemies are Medes and Persians, men who for centuries have lived soft and luxurious lives; we of Macedon for generations past have been trained in the hard school of danger and war. Above all, we are free men, and they are slaves. There are Greek troops, to be sure, in Persian service - but how different is their cause from ours! They will be fighting for pay - and not much of at that; we, on the contrary, shall fight for Greece, and our hearts will be in it."
"Youths of the Pellaians and of the Macedonians and of the Hellenic Amphictiony and of the Lakedaimonians and of the Corinthians… and of all the Hellenic peoples, join your fellow-soldiers and entrust yourselves to me, so that we can move against the barbarians and liberate ourselves from the Persian bondage, for as Greeks we should not be slaves to barbarians.”
"Your ancestors came to Macedonia and the rest of Hellas and did us great harm, though we had done them no prior injury. I have been appointed leader of the Greeks, and wanting to punish the Persians I have come to Asia, which I took from you."
All by Alexander.
@@josecipriano3048 Macedonia is the northern part of Greece
@@josecipriano3048 Makedonia -Μακεδονία is Greek you fool it’s a Greek word and means tall ! Just learn some basic History please before you speak ! The pseudostate called Macedonia is nothing but a creation of Yugoslavia so they could invade Greece ... ... This place’s name was Vardaska and they are Slavs .... Even Alexander is a pure Greek name -The best among men ! Before you speak explore ! thanks
Alexander is a greek name and what does it mean or is he really greek????????
My grandfather faught for Greece during the battle.of greece god rest his soul!❤🇬🇷
Άξιος !!!
Mine too.🇦🇺👍
@@alexsifounas3005 γιασου αλάνι!! ΕΛΛΑΣ 🇬🇷
RIP hero
How many series do you want to begin?
Kings and Generals: yes
What a brilliant video make me proud of how my people defending my beautiful country 🇬🇷 thanks @King Of Generals for addressing this stay safe
@@Cumulo9 why don't you make your own channel and make a better presentation then??
It was the first allied victory against the Axis Powers, causing Churchill to famously say, "Greeks don't fight like heroes, heroes fight like Greeks". Afterward, my father fought in the Greek underground, and I was told by people in our family neighborhood tin Thessaloniki, that my father killed a Nazi almost every night.
@@xcd87 exactly
@@NewarkBay357 wow what a hero absolute patriot thanks so much for your farther great bravery in defending our country I have alot of respect for that
@@Cumulo9 you do one then why u hating
Italy: we are invading Greece
*two minutes later*
Greeks: we are invading Italy
The Greek heroes from ancient times to today.long live Hellenism for all time
Long Live
@@MultiTragos ΧΑΙΡΕ ΕΛΛΗΝ
ENOSIS....UNION WITH GREECE...
🇬🇷🇨🇾♾
1071 1453 1922 1974 ( 2030?
Breavely fought 🇬🇷
Respect from 🇹🇷
🇬🇷❤️🇹🇷
A bit fake
Lol hypocrite
Let there always be peace in the strength of our commonalties than in our differences. Those who do not understand the strength of peace will suffer the consequences of an unwinnable hot war.
@@jacopofolin6400 what if I tell you that Turkey was with the Greek side during the Greco Italian war? 😏
hellas, land of vast culture and heritage,great food and greater hospitality.The foundations of Europe materially and spiritually can be laid at the feet of the Hellenes!
*Italy attacks*
Greek soldier: Ares, destroy my enemies AND MY LIFE IS YOURS!!!
What an achievement! I am so proud to be Greek 🇬🇷💙
My grandfather fought in the greco-italian war. He was a greek refugee from Minor Asia. He won 3 medals (excellent deeds, bravery & 3rd class of war cross). I feel very proud to be able to call myself a descendant of him. Most of the people who fought the inhumane ideologies of Nazism and Fascism were HEROES 👏🏼🙏🏼.
Not all of them. There were war criminals on all sides.
Ironic, considering that Greece was in fact under military dictatorship itself under Ioannis Metaxas that created what is known as "greek fascism" or "metaxism".
Lets hope it will never happen again, we are mediterranean brothers. Peace
Metaxas was a patriot and he made all adequate preparations for the protection of Hellas .
@@Kohle33 one of the best leaders ever!it is not only the war that was sucsesfull was in all the ground like economics sosialism.....ok he didnt like comunism i dont care he loved our nation.
@@j.raskou4928 Nevertheless, I argue that the 4th of August regime should be relocated firmly within the terrain of fascism studies. The establishment and consolidation of the regime in Greece reflected a much wider process of political and ideological convergence and hybridisation between anti-democratic/anti-liberal/anti-socialist conservative forces, on the one hand, and radical rightwing/fascist politics, on the other. It proved highly receptive to specific fascist themes and experiments (such as the single youth organisation, called EON), which it transplanted enthusiastically into its own hybrid of ‘radicalised’ conservatism.
True, lacked a genuinely fascist revolutionary ideological core compared to Italian Fascism or German National Socialism, because it derives its power from tradiotional values such as the orthodox church. However, it marks a fundamental departure from conventional conservative-authoritarian politics (see Britain or France) in a direction charted by the broader fascist experience in Europe; it had all the elements of a fascist regime, and so it should be treated as such:
anti-communistic, anti-anarchic
;
Anti-free speech
;
Authoritarianism - Absolutism - Totalitarianism
;
Military hierarchy
;
Rule by terrorising the citizens
;
Nationalism and under certain circumstances imperialism
;
Personality cult.
In general we shouldn’t avoid naming something for what it is, just because it doesn’t identify itself as that.
It can be compared to Francisco Franco's Spain or Salazar's Portugal in that: and they are indeed called fascist(ic) regimes.
As an example I should mention the contemporary political party Golden Dawn in Greece, which in order to participate in general elections it has to sign a Faith to the Constitution Declaration. That doesn’t change the fact that Golden Dawn is a neo-Nazi political group.
"I would rather Surrender than be used as cannon fodder."
-Luigi
Luigi Cadorna?
@@comradekenobi6908 Indeed. I have heard stories of Hotzendorf and Cadorna arguing over things as petty as who has better facial hair to as complex as how many lives they should waste this time.
@@comradekenobi6908 With no guns, no artilery, no machine guns, no boots, but with PATRIOTISM
@@12345678900987659101 Doesn't sound like Cadorna hahaha
@@12345678900987659101 We called for reinforcements and we got Bad Weather...
Alexander the Great laughing at the face of Julius Caesar in the skies
Problem is Alexander wasnt a greek lil boy
@@Aristocrat1307 stop talking bullsh..t. You all know scopians or whatever want to be called you have nothing to do with the Hellenic city macedonia.Neather the language, either the philosofers teachers of alexandrer or the historic evidence like the place of the grave of his father philip, Even the name of him and his father means something in Greek language .Its not shame that you havent something great to be proud
@@Aristocrat1307 Macedonians were as greek as Spartans and Athenians...
Julius Caesar was a total Alexander the Great fanboy
Today Greeks and Italians (and Iberians and Maltese and Cypriots. ) are one family: the euromed 7. I know that a person from the alpine regions of Italy won't understand this, because these regions are more like central Europe but, people, mentality, society, culture etc of people in southern and central Italy (and in some cases coasts of northern Italy) is not terribly different from those of Greece
bah
Cyprus is Greece too!! Another Greek island like Creta...
@@Antonis108 yes, did i ever say the opposite?
@@Antonis108 A veteran British army officer blames Greek organizations for the division of Cyprus.
@@jackie5918 You wrote Greeks and then Cypriots, it's the same. But I understood its ok!
*Daaamn! I remember when I asked for it on Facebook a year ago!* :)
You replied: *I'll put it on the list :D*
When the trees start speaking vietnamese
When the snow starts speaking finnish
When the sand starts speaking arabic
When the water starts speaking british
WHEN THE MOUNTAINS START SPEAKING GREEK
Mountains the reason that we still speaking Greek many people forget that Greece has more mountains hat Switzerland who is the second mountain country in Europe ,and during the Ottoman occupation those mountain ALL over Greece wasFullof Villages zvillages that doesn't exist in Ancient time but created after the Ottoman invasion the majority of Hellenc population left the cities only in Agrafa r going Evrryttania and Thesssaly they where living 300.000freegreek Although in Mani was Perfect war leaving sosiety for 400years
na when the mountains start speaking Kurdish ;)
@@ypgmapper3195 they hear Kurdish, afghans and greeks....just imagine the look on their faces...
@@noidontwantthat7237 lol
When turkish comes, greek swimming 😂😂😂😂😂
Italy: Greece seems a nice nation to conquer.
Greece: ah, here we go again
@@apis_aculei Turks now when you mention Kurds; noooo Kurds don’t exist :(
As a Greek we never forget the women of ww2.....they climbed Mountains again and again with food bullets and medical supplies they sang for the soldiers etc and they where logistics....women in Greece where always strong
I actually feel bad for the Italians imagine being sent to die for Mussolini's ambitions with poor leadership and lack of equipment, have to also admire the fighting spirit of the Greeks!
The Italian invasion of Austria was disastrous too.
@@aegystierone8505 There was no invasion of Austria, It was the liberation of the Trentino. we never invaded Austria.
Bruhh.. mountain defence nothing about spiritism. Full EQUIPPED Greek modern army can't do shit agaisnt Mustafa kemal's peasant army behind mountains. If you been attacked and you have mountains you have 5x magniot line spirit.
Bexause of that fighting spirit you said, Churchill underscored that "we will not say that Greeks fight like heroes but that heroes fight like Greeks" BTW I am Greek and I am very proud of that
“I can take Greece”
*somebody who can’t take Greece*
"I can reestablish the Roman Empire!"
- **Someone who cannot reestablish the Roman Empire**
The spirit of Sparta lives on.
@Emre Al ?? pff.. check the balkanes wars :)
@• Mesez • yes but now they are are 12 million only at Costantinopoli so i hope there will be no war, i don't what ottomas near door
TROLL channel greece did poor on 1st balkan war, bulgaria did most of the job. greece took selanik by bribing the ottoman general (ottoman army was very divided in balkan war because of previous events and that is the main reason of lose) and ioannina was one of the last ottoman cities in balkans to surrender, along with skhoder and edirne.
Who would win:
A western industrialised empire
Some Greeks who are not afraid to die
Respect to our neighbour from a Turk in Germany... Bravo Komşu...
Finally ,I have been waiting for this episode for more than one year 😂😂😂
Hope you liked it!
@@KingsandGenerals Hope you can have Greek subtitles so Greek schools can use it. :)))
Kings and Generals of course 😏
Thank you for making this video about my country, it's so enjoyable to watch,well done for your job!
My dad served in this campaign. He said one problem the Greeks had
was sending out patrols that would come back with too many Italian
prisoners to handle. The Italians had no stomach for the fight
this is exactly what my grandfather told to my father after the war. He could prison 10 Italians with a wooden stick, most of them didn't want to fight this war. Most of them respected Greeks A LOT and helped them, Greeks also helped Italian troops to hide from the Germans after they lost the war, (including my family), many of them married Greek women and stayed here. Lots of stories.
this was a mad man's decisions, no one wanted this and the fact that Italians are still ashamed of this to this day tells a lot about them.
Hell my granfather fought with Greeks, as a Greek, lost half of his body, and in relity he was of Italian ancestry.. go figure
Just a few people wanted the war, especially against Greece or Albania or France. Only rulers want to fight against other nations. My grandfather was sent as an Infantry soldier to fight in Somalia, Albania, Greece and France.
He used to say "War is made by common people who shoot other common people, instead of shooting their leaders"
@Northern Realist exactly
"Want to hear a joke Hitler ?"
*"Italian competence and Japanese naval strategy"*
*Angry ravioli and seppuku noises*
I think Japan did well , they were just fighting an enemy of a total different level
Joke is good but the Japanese were actually an effective force, even when they lacked resources and oil, they were still brave and fought back
The Japanese actually had an impressive naval force and many aircrafts. We Italians had a decent naval force, but terrible equipment, incompetent generals, almost no airforce and tanks. So Japan had many more vehicles, ships, aircrafts in comparison to Italy
@@tropicblue3457 and also the Japanese soldier also had more skill than the italians
Italy: Look papa Germany! I can into war too!
Germany: That's nice sweetie...
Few days later...
Italy: DAD! I need your help!
Somewhere in heaven, Leonidas and Constantine Palaiologos were smiling.
Palaiologos*
Don't forget our buddy Belisarius. Though technically he was Roman. Still gonna count him as Greek though.
Or hell
Narrow ETT he’s probably screaming in his grave watching Mussolini try to play the part of a Roman leader
@@matucaerri I have no hatred against Turkey and its people, only for racists and fascists such as you.
Greece should have been given these territories after WWII. Not only was Greece the only country on mainland Europe fighting against the Axis at this point in 1940, but these territories have a large Greek population, as the video mentions.
@@josecipriano3048 The civil war that happened in Greece right after the end of WWII also played a role.
@@thanospappos1078 None of that played a role. Albania was a communist country after WW2 and Soviets vetoed Greece's just demands. Simple as that. They did the exact same thing with some minor territorial claims Greece had from Bulgaria -also a communist state at that point. They were also vetoing the Dodecanese union with Greece up to a point, but lifted that because they had no interests at that specific area.
@@mskidi Just what comic books are you reading?
@@aesop8694 One by the title 'I am a Communist and A Patriot', its satirical.
@@mskidi And just what is satirical about being a communist and a patriot? In your mind does a patriot have to be of a particular political persuasion?
Can one not be a patriot, without having any political beliefs, is love of country not enough?
Just a kind suggestion to you who produce great content, it would have been a great addition to add the full significance of the Italian destruction of the Greek ship on August 15th, being that it occured on a feast day of the Orthodox Church which is the Virgin Mary's falling asleep. The Italians knew this and it was a great insult. Knowing this information makes it amazing to think that the Greeks kept their cool.
Such heroism from Greeks, cheers from Turkey.
Thanks mate and i hope we won't have to go to war with the tensions rising between us
@@TheHunterOfYharnam LOL, do not test our strength, pretty boi. And do not forget to call your big brothers :)
@@TheHunterOfYharnam lol the turkish army is leagues ahead of the greek one. War will never happen in the near future but if it did turkey would dominate the greeks (excluding allies ofc).
Ps: Im neither greek or turkish just a guy with common sense.
@@TheHunterOfYharnam Remember where you learned the defending stuff? Or did you forget it the because of the swimming lesson you took afterwards?
@@TheHunterOfYharnam even when a respectful comment is being made, you have to react like this. Noone's having Ottoman ideas man, calm your tits..
Greek here. My gf's grandmother usually talks abiut the war, she's 95 and incredibly talkative about that era. She says that Italian soldiers were flirting with young siniorinas, and were generally unwilling to fight. Italians and Greeks are brothers, this war should have never happened
Please someone show to our"friends"the Turks this video,to remember the history of Greeks from the ancient times,because a week ago their minister of defence said that it's mathematically impossible to win them..
Only the minister said that
People are not. Afraid
6:50 "No Day! Proven by deed!"
"Descendants of Sparta, Athens and Crete"
Look North ! Ready to fight !
@@seleukos-5700
Spartans: Excellent Close-range fighters
Athenians: Excellent sailors
Cretans: Excellent Marksmen
Enemy charge from the hills
There is no surrender , there is no retreat !
I love the style you use in the videos about modern conflicts
Everyone knows that gyros wins over pizza anytime of the day.
I'm sorry, but the pizza is the only thing in this world that can not be defeated, by nothing and no one. Pizza is unstoppable and has already conquered the world.
I love Greek food, but I have to say that maybe we don't have the strongest army in the world, but we do have the best cuisine!
When I eat gyros, I eat pizza too...
Me: can’t I have both ?
*eating gyro meat on pizza instead of pepperoni intensifies*
@Northern Realist no way dude.
any gyros at greece is way better than any pizza around global.
Metaxas answered in French with the phrase "Alors c'est la guerre!" meaning "Well, we are at war"
The "Ohi" or "No" was the answer of the Greek people that immediately after hearing the news, run to the streets and cheered for the impending war.
Have sweet dreams if you think you can change history.
"That dawn envoys arrive ,morning of Obctober 28th
"No day" proven by deed
Descendants of Sparta, Athens and Crete"
'Look north! ready to fight!
Enemies charge from the hills.
To arms, facing defeat.
There's no surrender, there's no retreat!'
Time after time, forced their enemies back to the line!
You leave out other key cities like Argos and Thebes and Corinth. Edit: The Sparta coalition + colonies vs the Athens coalition + colonies were a very, narrow part of the warring city states. Edit 2: also, the Greek resistance to the Persians invasion were only like 50 or so Greek city-states that were prominent enough in terms of capability and vested interest to resist.
"Call to arms banners fly in the wind
For the glory of Hellas"
"Air raid pounding the land
Bombers are flying both day and night"
For your information, a very interesting war story is the decisive battle of hill 731 near Mount Trebesina, north of the kleisoura plain during the Italian spring attack (march 41) is considered by many modern war analysts the new Thermopylae of the Greeks. About 400 Greek defenders, of whom 70 survived, literally did not take a step back 10 days of constantly bombing. I respect the Italian war victims they fought bravely, but especially i respect and be moved by our young men of Greece. Also, I am grateful for my grandfather who went there and came back, and for his brother who didn't return and was obviously buried in an unknown location and was never found. This greek generation was made from steel and bravery altogether. Me the unworthy of their EPOS i feel grateful and i have them constantly in my mind. Not a step back, i think is the appropriate name-line of the whole greco italian war. Greetings Giorgos
My gramps was a tall blonde man with clear blue eyes.
Fought on the Albanian mountains, lost his sence off smell and part of his hearing from a shell that landed close to him.
He was a man from Pontus raised in thessalonika later exiled to the Soviet Union for being a communist.
He told me stories of the war while i made him greek coffee every Saturday.
He always told me the coffee was good..
Be well up there grampa i remember you.
Phyroson. You can thank the treacherous snake Churchill for you grandfathers misfortunes. The bastard thanked Greece for its defeat of the invading Italian forces and then put the knife into Greece at wars end.
@@aesop8694 This is shared in my Grandpas memory. Yannis was his name.
After his exile he found a preety girl in Russia, working at a landmine factory for the Soviet. He fell in love, had four healthy children and returned to his beloved Greek soil with them.
He lived his life enjoying the good times, while doing his best in face of misfortune.
And would have done so either Churchill or any other political power existed or not.
And so should we.
@@Phyroson Most, if not all of the Greeks, that fought in WW2 did so as patriots, with no political agenda. Your grandfather was with little doubt, in this category.
At wars end, Churchill forced the pseudo Greek royals back onto the country, and put the Greek collaborators into power.Those that openly opposed were called communists, victimized and forced into exile.
Greece lost 300,000 people, through starvation during the war and a further 200,000 people in the Civil war that followed. The single most common factor to these events, was Churchill, should that be forgotten?
@@aesop8694 Well, out of all the injustice and suffering that humanity has inflicted upon itself, you and I both came out Αίσωπε, so things can't be that bad, can they.
ουδέν κακόν αμιγέσ καλού
I'm guessing you are Greek.
Let's make this world a better place so things like that don't happen again.
We must preserve history as objective as possible to keep us from repeating our mistakes.
Blaming one man for the evil that befell on the world is misconception and it breeds hatred.
Finding the ulterior motives and understanding them is History and it brings peace of mind.
@Phyroson а вы говорите по-русски? Здравия желаю
for Italy this war was a great mistake. I'm sorry for Greek friends
7:58 Sadly they weren't able to send Cretan Archers.
just slingshot boiis
Yes they did!even now the best snipers of the greek army are from crete!
Actually they did. The Cretan division was able to join the Albanian front when the British troops arrived to garrisson Crete.
@@fotischaronis4597 Really? That's pretty cool. Do people hunt a lot there or something?
The 5th Division was composed almost entirely from Cretans, 20.000 in number, the only Greek Division left that was not mixed. They scaled the 2.000 meter Mountain of Trebeshina, mid blizzard, from the steepest part of the mountain the Italians judged unscalable and even the greek high command considered the Cretans unfit for the mission due to the difference in climates (Crete is practically Sahara, while Albania was a snowy hellhole back then). But since the division officers were also Cretans and actually knew their soldiers by name due to family ties and village allegiances, they were extremely cohesive as a unit but also A LOT unruly. So they decided they could take the mountain and they did. When the Germans broke through, the Cretans refuse to surrender, broke rank and deserted to its entirity and tried to rush to Crete with whatever means necessary to defend their isle. Their relatives on Crete thought they had all been killed, due to misinformation and this resulted in an active civilian resistance during the battle of Crete, when old men, women and children filled with revenge and the internal need to drive off the invader, using axes and pitchforks and even bows and arrows. From the 20.000, almost 1/3 was casualties in Albania, and almost that many more died in labour camps or hunger during the occupation.
Great country, Great generals, Great soldiers as always......!!!!!!One of the soldiers there, was my grandfather who died 85 years old and told me a lot of historys about Hellenic brave.Nice video!
Italians- *Sack the capital of the Roman Empire in the 4th crusade*
Also Italians- "We will re-create the Roman Empire! Surrender or die!"
Greeks- "όχι, We've been waiting 750 years for this..."
The "Italians" also sack Rome in the 4th century
Actually, most of the crusaders that plundered Byzantium were French
@@sandrocozzari5304 Indeed, many crusaders were french but there were also flemishs, Italians from the north of Boniface de Montferrat and the venetians.
@@aokiaoki4238How can Italians sack theor own city?
My father is Italian my mother is Greek, they met in America and fell love. I can tell you now both people feel no hate towards one another. They know it was fascists that were to blame. Love 🇮🇹🇬🇷
What does your father think of this war (out of curiousity)?
Even today italy is not honest towards Greece
Italy harmed a lot Greeks and their economy back then
A crucial victory for the allies, that also boosted the morale in a very important turn of the war. The first major land victory. Sadly many ignore the importance of this victory
It was the first victory for the allies but this major victory was not talked about cause allies were ashamed of other defeats and since Greece was a small country with great past the jealousy was running strong.
@@josecipriano3048 but greece helped in the big battles, like for example, operation overlord, we were with the allies every step of the way and whenever they needed us, they even aided the resistance.
I believe the first major land victory was actually the battle of Tobruk which the Australians won. Who later on came to support the Greeks in Crete and mainland Greece.
Even more important as it forced the Germans to invade Greece themselves and delay operation Barbarossa 1 to 2 months. Many historians say it was critical as they were already short on time with respect to Eussian winter
Not anymore...
This was the most epic war of 20th century.... The fully modern equipped Italian army and fully mechanized, was defeated by the lesser equiepted But very valiant and well organized in battle tactics greek army. The best example of defense and counter attack....
Παππού αλάνι! Τρενο τους πήγες τους μακαρονάδες. Λείπεις πολυ.
It is very fortunate that Italians and Greeks are not bitter with each other after that war. Even my grandmother that lived through the war used to say to me that during the German occupation (after that war) she was lucky to be under Italian rule because the Italians didn't really want to hurt the Greeks. An Italian corporal used to bring them food secretly during the famine and when the war was over he purchased a house here in Greece. The Germans were...another story...