Balkans Campaign (World War II)
Campaigns of World War II
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- Europe
- Poland
- Phoney War
- Denmark & Norway
France & Benelux
- Britain
- Balkans
- Yugoslav Front
- Eastern Front
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- Western Front (1944–45)
- Asia & The Pacific
- China
- Pacific Ocean
- South-East Asia
- South West Pacific
- Japan
- Manchuria (1945)
- Mediterranean, Middle East and Africa
- Adriatic
- North Africa
- East Africa
- Mediterranean Sea
- Gibraltar
- Malta
- Dakar
- Balkans
- Gabon
- Iraq
- Syria-Lebanon
- Madagascar
- Bahrain
- Palestine
- Iran
- Italy
- Dodecanese
- Southern France
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- Atlantic
- Arctic
- Strategic Bombing
- America
- Contemporaneous Wars
- Chinese Civil
- Winter War
- Soviet–Japanese Border
- French–Thai
- Ili Rebellion
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Mediterranean, Middle East and African theatres of World War II
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- Adriatic
- North Africa
- East Africa
- Mediterranean Sea
- Gibraltar
- Malta
- Dakar
- Balkans
- Gabon
- Iraq
- Syria-Lebanon
- Madagascar
- Bahrain
- Palestine
- Iran
- Italy
- Dodecanese
- Southern France
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Balkans Campaign
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- Greco-Italian War
- Invasion of Yugoslavia
- German invasion of Greece
- Crete
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The Balkans Campaign was the invasion of Greece and Yugoslavia by the Axis powers during World War II. It began with Italy's failed invasion of Greece on 28 October 1940 and ended with the capture of Crete by German and Italian forces on 1 June 1941.