Captain Corelli's Mandolin
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Captain Corelli's Mandolin, released simultaneously in the United States as Corelli's Mandolin, is a 1994 novel by the British writer Louis de Bernières, set on the Greek island of Cephalonia during t
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Axis occupation of Greece
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The occupation of Greece by the Axis powers began in April 1941 after the German invasion of Greece to assist its ally, Italy, in the Greco-Italian War had begun in October 1940. Following the Battle
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
…in the United States as Corelli's Mandolin, is a 1994 novel by the British writer Louis de Bernières, set on the Greek island of Cephalonia during the Italian and German occupation of the Second World War. In 2003, the novel was listed at number 19 on the BBC's survey The Big Read. Dr. Iannis resides on the Greek island of Cephalonia…
1941. German soldiers raising the German War Flag over the Acropolis. It would be taken down by Manolis Glezos and Apostolos Santas in one of the first acts of resistance.
1944. Prime Minister Georgios Papandreou and others on the Acropolis after the liberation from the Nazis
German artillery shelling the Metaxas Line
German soldiers in Athens, 1941