Calendar of Events of the World War II concerning Greece


Directed by Maria Spiliotopoulou

The aim of the project is to record in brief the most significant events of 1940-1944 concerning Greece. British and American archives are used at the present stage of the project to register military and political, as well as social and economical facts. 

Already published:

  • Μαρία Σπηλιωτοπούλου - Προκόπης Παπαστράτης, Χρονολόγιο γεγονότων 1940-1944. Από τα έγγραφα του Υπουργείου των Εξωτερικών Foreign Office 371, [Maria Spiliotopoulou - Prokopis Papastratis, Calendar of Events 1940-1944. According to the Foreign Office documents FO 371], vol. Α΄ 1940-1943, vol. Β΄ 1944.
  • Σωτήρης Ριζάς, Χρονολόγιο γεγονότων 1940-1944. Από τα έγγραφα αμερικανικών υπηρεσιών [Sotiris Rizas, Chronology of Events 1940-1944. Based on American service’s records.]

The Calendar of Events 1940-1944 based on the FO documents has been entered in a data base allowing multiple and specialised search by scholars visiting the Centre and will soon on the Centre’s web page.
M. Spiliotopoulou is currently working on a Calendar of Events according to the British Secret Service Special Operations Executive documents. This Calendar is also entered in a data base and will be published as an electronic book in English.    
The documents used in this project are kept in microfilm in the Centre, where the library is also hosting relevant publications.