Balkans Campaign (World War II)

Balkans Campaign (World War II)

Campaigns of World War II
Europe
Poland
Phoney War
Denmark & Norway
France & Benelux
Britain
Balkans
Yugoslav Front
Eastern Front
Finland
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
Other Campaigns
Atlantic
Arctic
Strategic Bombing
America
Contemporaneous Wars
Chinese Civil
Winter War
Soviet–Japanese Border
French–Thai
Ili Rebellion
Mediterranean, Middle East and African theatres of World War II
  • Adriatic
  • North Africa
  • East Africa
  • Mediterranean Sea
  • Gibraltar
  • Malta
  • Dakar
  • Balkans
  • Gabon
  • Iraq
  • Syria-Lebanon
  • Madagascar
  • Bahrain
  • Palestine
  • Iran
  • Italy
  • Dodecanese
  • Southern France
Balkans Campaign
  • Greco-Italian War
  • Invasion of Yugoslavia
  • German invasion of Greece
  • Crete

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.

Read more about Balkans Campaign (World War II):  Prelude — Italian Invasion of Albania, Greco-Italian War, Directive N. 25, Operation Marita, Bulgarian Intervention, Operation Merkur, Aftermath

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