# WORLD WAR II GERMAN INVASION OF GREECE & AFTERMATH GREEK CIVIL WAR BALKAN CAMPAIGN 89204

This historic film "Zero Hour in Greece" shows the German invasion of Greece, part of the WWII Balkan Campaign, and the resistance by Greek guerrilla forces. Zero Hour took place on April 6th 1941 (:12). Germany's Wehrmacht invaded in support of their Italian allies were already fighting the Greeks (:29). The German Blitzkrieg crushed Greece forcing British forces to retreat and Greek King George II to flee (:45). Hitler’s ‘master race’ excluded the Greek and an extermination by starvation campaign began (1:30). The starving citizens scoured through trash for food (1:32) as Nazi’s had captured the country’s wealth, machines and food and decimated their sources of transportation (1:41). 450,000 perished from famine (1:44). The footage provided is from this period in Athens (1:51). When the body is completely lacking vitamins, it swells and civilians began to drop dead in the street (2:55). Photos follow of children with bloated stomachs and bony limbs (2:50). The Greeks began forming a resistance (4:04). Aris Velochiotis was leader of one of the largest groups of resistance; ELAS (4:09). Stefanos Sarafis (4:15) was the leader of the Hellenic Army and Major General of EAM-ELAS. The British sent arms to these resisting groups including EDES headed by Napolean Zervas (4:42). They in turn, supported the Allies as guerrillas were able to pin down the Germans (5:01). Military installations were hit and bridges were destroyed (5:12). The Germans had to divert troops to Greece…

- Kind: Film
- Genres: War, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/89204-zero-hour-in-greece)
- Licence or status: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

Not offered: its uploader states a Creative Commons licence, but that it is the rights holder's is not shown: its record does not date the work from 2002, when the licences were first published, or the work is another's (an older work under a later date, or a video set to another's song), and nothing else the site holds shows where it is free. Unclear is not offered.