One of the last surviving heroes of World War II, Greek fighter pilot Konstantinos Hatzilakos, has died at the age of 102, the Retired Air Force Officers Association said Tuesday. Lieutenant General Konstantinos Hatzilakos was an Air Force icon, a World War II fighter veteran and the last surviving pilot of the Desert Squadron. On […]
Monuments to the Soviet victory are being demolished in the Baltic countries and Poland, but not in Berlin. There are more than ten Soviet monuments in the German capital, including the impressive monument to fallen soldiers in Treptow Park, which is visited by thousands of people, especially on the anniversary of May 9th Victory Day. […]
“Greeks! The German occupiers are on the outskirts of Athens. Brothers and sisters, keep the front-line spirit firmly in your souls …”. Such a radio message from the mouth of Kostas Stavropoulos on April 27, 1941, on the day the Nazi troops entered the land of ancient Athens, is still associated with the confrontation of […]
The first Greek paratrooper to fight the Germans as a secret agent during World War II was Sophia Stephanidou, the eldest daughter of the Pontic physician Philopomenas Stephanides. Born in Odessa in 1902, Stephanidou moved to Athens in 1907 after her father volunteered to become a doctor for the Greek army during the Balkan Wars. […]