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Old 09-30-11, 01:48 PM   #13
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spring 1941

Germany Captured Athens - Senior members of Greek government escape to Alexandria by submarine



German Panzer corps breezes past greek forces defending the approaches to Athens, and then with a heavy bombing campaign, overwhelms the defenders in the Greek capital.

Senior members of the government escape on board a British submarine and vow to establish a government-in-exile in Alexandria.

Germany installs a new government in Athens which as its first act signs an unconditional surrender.
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