Greek Involvement in WW2

Greece Involvement in WW2
Greece was involved in WW2 from October 28th 1940. That was when Italy invaded Greece from the state of Albania. Fortunately, Italy got pushed out of Greece back into Albania. This defeat of the Axis Powers forced Hitler to mobolise his German troops into Greece on April 1941. There was a great battle, to control the Greek forces which took six weeks and delayed the German invasion of the USSR. Some historians considered this the turning point of WW2 because this brought a winter state of battle for the German troops when against USSR which the German troops was not adapted to.
The German invasion of Greece was quick. However the Greek forces resisted on the island of Crete with immense force that caused Fallschirmjäger the elite German battalion the casualties of nearly 7,000 men. These heavy losses eradicated the hope of a successful and massive airborne invasion of the USSR and further expansion in the Mediterranean saving Malta Gibraltar Cyprus and the Suez Canal from other airborne invasions.
After the occupation of the Axis Powers, when they thought Greece was under their control a large scale resistance movement developed in the country. The resistance movement tied down large numbers of Axis divisions. However, due to political tension between the resistance groups, a civil conflict amongst them arose in late 1943 until the spring of 1944.
The exiled Greek government contributed greatly to theWW2. They formed their own military forces and fought alongside the British forces in the Middle East, North Africa and Italy. The Greek Merchant navies supplied the Allied forces with war merchandise.
Mainland Greece was liberated by the occupation of Germany when German forces withdrew after facing the advancing Red Army in October 1944. German garrisons still continued to hold out in the Aegean Islands until after the war ended. The country was overwhelmed by war and the harsh treatment during the occupation of Germany. Its economy became hyper inflated and many buildings and homes were left in ruin. Greece suffered the casualties of 300 000 men during the occupation and the Jewish minority was almost completely exterminated in the Holocaust. The civil war between the British and American-sponsored conservative government and communist guerrillas followed soon after.
The Greek contribution towards resisting the German troops in the islands of Crete delayed the German invasion of the USSR which allowed a winter state of Battle which gave the USSR a high advantage. Furthermore the fierce Greek forces made the Fallschirmjäger suffer the casualties of 7,000 men. This was extremely successful because this was the elite German battalion that was a part of a massive airborne invasion of the USSR. Many historians still believe that the source of the turnover in WW2 was due to Greek contribution. On top of that the Greek forces also contributed by resisting the Axis power and having an exiled Greek government that fought with the British Army in North Africa, Italy and Middle East. The same exiled Greek government supplied the allied powers with war merchandise as well.
Sho Suzuki and Daniel Lee