In April 1941, just 12 Greek fighters scrambled to intercept waves of Stukas and Bf 109s. Outnumbered more than three to one, ...

Workers were installing benches at a park in the ancient Greek port city of Thessaloniki when their excavator pushed brown soil off a fragile white skull. They turned off the motorized equipment and ...

The first aircraft hijacking in Greece took place during the Civil War, on September 12th, 1948 by six pro-communist students ...

“After twelve days of what has undoubtedly been the fiercest fighting in this war, it was decided to withdraw our forces from Crete. . . . Some 15,000 [of our] troops have been withdrawn to Egypt but ...

Top collectors on the island have amassed hundreds of thousands of artifacts — and there are still more being found.

ATHENS (Reuters) - Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras accused Germany on Tuesday of using legal tricks to avoid paying reparations for the Nazi occupation of Greece and said he would support parliamentary ...

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Thursday asked for forgiveness as he visited a Greek village destroyed by Nazi troops during World War II. "I ask you, the survivors and descendants, for ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The world is facing the most turbulent times since World War II, Greece's top diplomat says, pointing to a crossroads in democracy and saying Europe is facing a "political ...