Welcome to The Few Good Men

Thanks for visiting our club and having a look around, there is a lot to see. Why not consider becoming a member?

Greek

Greek artillery piece in Albania 1940
201208130600581829.jpg
 
The Distomo massacre memorial.
MKbxila.jpg


The Distomo massacre was a Nazi war crime perpetrated by members of the Waffen-SS in the village of Distomo, Greece, during the Axis occupation of Greece during WW2.-

On June 10, 1944, for over two hours, Waffen-SS troops of the 4th SS Polizei Panzergrenadier Division under the command of SS-Hauptsturmführer Fritz Lautenbach went door to door and massacred Greek civilians, reportedly in revenge for a partisan attack. A total of 218 men, women and children were killed in Distomo, a small village near Delphi.-
 
Last edited:
Born in Macedonia, Ottoman Empire in 1906, Dimitrios Itsios was a Greek Vlach reserve non-commissioned officer (Sergeant) in the Greek Army during World War II. In April 1941, he was ordered, as head of five soldiers, to defend and maintain the P8 Pillbox in the Omorfoplagia area of Mount Beles near Ano Poroia Serres. Despite ordering all of his men to escape, two stayed with him and they fought until their ammunition was exhausted, causing great losses and killing approximately 230 enemy German soldiers. When the three Greek soldiers surrendered, Itsios, after saying that he had simply done his duty, was assassinated by a German officer. After the war your wife, Anna, managed to retrieve her husband’s bones and transport them for burial in Ano Poroia.
1lZen24.jpg
 
The pillbox was part of the Metaxas Line, a series of fortifications built on the Greek-Bulgarian border.

A Sergeant, he was head of a 5 man crew ordered to defend a pillbox on Mt Mpelles from the approaching German Army, near his home town of Ano Poroia.
In a fierce battle they emptied all of their rounds of ammunition (over 33,000 bullets) into the Axis invaders and not only did they provide cover fire, but they managed to kill 232 German soldiers in the process.
- greekcitytimes.com

C7k6jkz.jpg


Dimitrios Itsios is a Greek Hero.

E4n89dj.jpg
 
Back
Top