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While Greece famously resisted Italian invasion on Oxi Day during World War II, the eventual involvement and subsequent violence that Kefalonia faced left a major mark on the island. The most significant of these events was the Massacre of the Acqui Division, otherwise known as the Kefalonia Massacre, which took place in September 1943. The massacre resulted in mass carnage and loss for the Italian military, who had recently entered an armistice with the Allies. The German occupying forces committed war crimes against the Italians, who had already surrendered.

1941

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[1] Ιταλοί στρατιώτες αιχμάλωτοι των Γερμανών, Σεπτέμβριος 1943.
Italian soldiers taken prisoner by the Germans, September 1943.

[3] αξιωματικούς της Βασιλικής
Πολεμικής Αεροπορίας επισκέπτονται ελληνικό σταθμό
μαχητικών αεροσκαφών.
King George of the Hellenes with senior Royal Air Force officers visiting a Greek fighter station.

[2] Τα στρατεύματα της Βέρμαχτ ετοιμάζονται να εισβάλουν στην Κρήτη.
Wehrmacht troops prepare to invade Crete.

[1] https://www.ww2wrecks.com/portfolio/1943-the-massacre-of-theitalian-acqui-division/
[2] https://www.dw.com/en/kefalonia-massacre-revisiting-a-nazi-warcrime-in-greece/a-45602579
[3] Royal Air Force official photographer – This is photograph CM 2758 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.