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By nazis. Along with them millions of Greeks, Slavs and gypsies perished. Greece lost a gargantuan 10% of their population by the end of the war won WWII for the Allies. Take it from the horse's mouth:After WW2 almost all Jewish population was diminished.
Adolf Hitler:
"For the sake of historical truth I must verify that only the Greeks, of all the adversaries who confronted us, fought with bold courage and highest disregard of death.. " (From speech he delivered to Reichstag on 4 May 1941)
Winston Churchill:
"Until now we used to say that the Greeks fight like heroes. Now we shall say: The heroes fight like Greeks." (From a speech he delivered from the BBC in the first days of the Greco-Italian war)
Bulgaria, and the Albanians joined the Italians and Germans in re-invading, and the Greeks held, and held, and held...for a remarkable 219 days against this barrage (the Only country to face four armies incidentally).
DURATION OF RESISTANCE (in days):
Greece 219
Norway 61
France 43 (The European superpower at the time)
Poland 30
Belgium 18
Holland 4
Yugoslavia 3
Denmark 0 (The Danes surrendered to Hitler's motorcyclist who was conveying Hitler's request to the Danish king for the crossing of the Nazi armies. The king indicating submission surrendered his crown to the motorcyclist)
Czechoslovakia 0
Luxemburg 0
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