Saturday, 30 May 2009

(1879-1931) Cruiser "Miaoulis II"

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It may seem trivial today, but until 1900 no Greek warship had ever sailed the Atlantic to reach the United States. This was first achieved ...
Friday, 22 May 2009

(1927-1945) Submarine Y-2 "Papanikolis"

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At the beginning of the Second World War, Greece had six submarines. The most well-known of them is Y-2 "Papanikolis", which was b...
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Wednesday, 20 May 2009

(1917-1923) Dorand A.R.1 / A.R.2

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When the Greeks entered the First World War, they acquired 12 Dorand AR.1/AR.2 aircraft from France. These comprised the core of the Greek 5...
Sunday, 17 May 2009

(1949-1953) SB2C Helldiver

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Most of the bombing missions of the Royal Hellenic Airforce (RHAF) were performed with Spitfires and Dakota transport aircraft. A few months...
Thursday, 14 May 2009

(1940-1941) Brixia 45mm mortar

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As far as I am aware, the Greek army did not have light mortars at the beginning of World War 2. They did, however, capture many Brixia mort...
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Monday, 11 May 2009

Greece in World War 2

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This is the first in a series of videos for the involvement of modern Greece in wars during the last two centuries. I will be making more su...
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Tuesday, 5 May 2009

(1918-1941) St. Etienne Mle 1907 machine gun

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Sunday, 3 May 2009

(1890-1929) Battleship "Psara"

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In 1885, the government of Charilaos Trikoupis bought the Battleships "Hydra", "Psara" and "Spetsai" from Fran...
Saturday, 2 May 2009

(1964-1993) F-104 Starfighter

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In 1964, following the Turks, the Greeks acquired their first F-104 Starfighters under the US Military Assistance Program (MAP); F-104G figh...
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Friday, 1 May 2009

(1918-1941) St. Etienne Mle 1907 Machine Gun

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At the time of the Italian invasion, the Greeks had a total of 4,852 machine guns. Almost half of them were of the antiquated St. Etienne Ml...