Massacres in Greece: Massacres in Greece During World War II, Massacre of the Acqui Division, Siege of Tripolitsa, Athens Polytechnic Upris

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 23. Chapters: Massacres in Greece during World War II, Massacre of the Acqui Division, Siege of Tripolitsa, Athens Polytechnic uprising, Holocaust of Viannos, Holocaust of Kedros, Massacre of Kondomari, Chios Massacre, Paramythia executions, Razing of Kandanos, Distomo massacre, Massacre of Thessalonica, Massacre of Kalavryta, Tarlis incident, Navarino Massacre, Kommeno, Domenikon Massacre, Mesovouno massacre, Drakeia massacre, Kasos massacre. Excerpt: The Massacre of the Acqui Division (Italian: Greek: , Hi Sfagi tis Merarchias Akoui), also known as the Cephalonia Massacre (Italian: , German: ), was the mass execution of the men of the Italian 33rd Acqui Infantry Division by the Germans on the island of Kefalonia, Greece, in September 1943, following the Italian armistice during the Second World War. About 5000 soldiers were massacred and others drowned or otherwise murdered. The massacre provided the historical background to the novel Captain Corelli's Mandolin, which later became a Hollywood film. It was one of the largest prisoner of war massacres of the war, along with the Katyn massacre of 22,000 Poles, and one of the largest-scale German atrocities to be committed by Wehrmacht troops (specifically, the 1. Gebirgs-Division). General Antonio Gandin, commander of the Acqui Division.Since the fall of Greece in April-May 1941, the country had been divided in occupation zones, with the Italians getting the bulk of the mainland and most islands. The Acqui Division had been the Italian garrison of Kefalonia since May 1943, and consisted of 11,500 soldiers and 525 officers. It was composed of two infantry regiments (the 17th and the 317th), the 33rd artillery regiment, the 27th Blackshirt Legion, the 19th Blackshirt Battalion and support units. Furthermore, its 18th Regiment was detached to garrison duties in Corfu. Acqui also ha...