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April 27, 1941: The Day German Troops Stormed Athens

April 27, 2026
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It was on Sunday, April 27, 1941, when German troops entered Athens. The capital’s residents remained stubbornly locked up in their homes. The hoisting of the Nazi swastika flag on the Acropolis marked the beginning of the German Occupation. Soon, the Germans set up a puppet government with Georgios Tsolakoglou, the general who signed the []

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