Italy Called Them Peasants — Then Lost 100 Men in 90 Seconds at a River
November 1940. Italy invaded Greece expecting a three-day march to Athens. Instead, at the Kalamas River, 15,000 Greek defenders faced 42,000 Italian soldiers in one of World War II's most shocking defensive stands. The Italians called them mountain peasants with old rifles. They weren't wrong about the rifles. But they were catastrophically wrong about the men carrying them. This is the story of the Battle of Elaia-Kalamas—the first Axis defeat of World War II. If you want more forgotten stories from World War II, subscribe and turn on notifications. These stories deserve to be remembered. Sources: Army History Directorate (Greece). "An Abridged History of the Greek-Italian and Greek-German War, 1940-1941." Hellenic Army General Staff, 1997. Koliopoulos, John S., and Thanos M. Veremis. "Modern Greece: A History Since 1821." Wiley-Blackwell, 2009. Willingham, Matthew. "Perilous Commitments: The Battle for Greece and Crete 1940-1941." Spellmount, 2005. Mitcham, Samuel W. "Eagles of the Third Reich: Men of the Luftwaffe in World War II." Stackpole Books, 2007. #WW2 #Greece #MilitaryHistory #Italy #GrecoItalianWar #History #WorldWarII #ForgottenHistory #War
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