Greece at War (70th Anniversary Talks in London)

An event on 28 October, 2014, at the Hellenic Centre, London

Tuesday 28th October 2014, 6.30-8pm, The Hellenic Centre, 16-18 Paddington Street, Marylebone, London, W1U 5AS

This evening of short talks (in English) commemorates the 70th anniversary of the withdrawal of Nazi forces from mainland Greece in October and November 1944. Though it was far from the end of hostilities and suffering for the Greek people – quite apart from the devastating Civil War, some islands were not liberated until 1945 – this landmark signalled the end of 4 years of Axis occupation.

Participants:

Dr Violetta Hionidou (Newcastle University), author of Famine and Death in Occupied Greece, 1941-44 (2006)

Alan Ogden, author of Sons of Odysseus: SOE Heroes in Greece (2012)

John Carr, author of The Defence and Fall of Greece 1940-41 (2013)

Dr David Wills, Treasurer of the Society for Modern Greek Studies and editor of Greece and Britain since 1945 (2nd edition 2014)

Free entry, but booking essential on 020 7563 9835 or at press@helleniccentre.org

Photograph taken by Tom Barnes: group at Theodoriana, 13th May 1943. L to R:

unknown, Maj Bill Jordan, Maj Arthur Edmonds, Lt Col Tom Barnes, Lt Col John Stevens, Capt Themi Marinos, Capt Phillips, Col Chris Woodhouse.

On Themis Marinos (2013)

Another posting (2012)