Spanish Civil War Interview Series 18: Memory and the Civil War with Tom Wardle

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250: Greece Pt. 2 - After the Failure

This episode continues the story of the Italo-Greek War following the disastrous Italian invasion of Greece in late October 1940. After the Italian defeat at Kalpaki, the Greeks launched a counteroffensive that quickly pushed Italian forces back across the border and into Albania ...  Show more

249: Greece Pt. 1 - Plans and Preparations

In October 1940, Mussolini launched an invasion of Greece from Albania, determined to secure Italian expansion in the Balkans before any peace could be negotiated. This episode examines the lead-up to the Italo-Greek War, beginning with Greece under the Metaxas dictatorship and i ...  Show more

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