In a Netflix documentary on the Second World War, the Greek resistance to Italy is called "weak", although in fact Greece drove the Italians back into Albania, liberating Northern Epirus

Yes, the worst army of the Second World War attacked the second-worst army and suffered such a crushing defeat that the Germans had to be summoned to the rescue.

But in the end the Greek counter-offensive became the first defeat of the Axis powers in Europe.

Though one would have to search long and hard for a European who knew that Greece fought in the Second World War on the side of the Allies.

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In a Netflix documentary on the Second World War, the Greek resistance to Italy is called "weak", although in fact Greece drove the Italians back into Albania, liberating Northern Epirus

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