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Battle of Greece Timeline
6 April The German armies invade Greece.
8 April The German 164th Infantry Division captures Xanthi.
9 April German troops seize Thessaloniki.
The German 72nd Infantry Division breaks through the Metaxas Line.
The Greek army in Macedonia capitulates unconditionally.
10 April The Germans overcome the enemy resistance north of Vevi, at the Klidi Pass.
13 April General Wilson decides to withdraw all British forces to the Haliacmon river, and then to Thermopylae.
Elements of the Greek First Army operating in Albania withdraw toward the Pindus mountains.
Hitler issues his Directive No. 27, which illustrates his future policy of occupation in Greece.
14 April The spearheads of the 9th Panzer Division reach Kozani.
After fighting at Kastoria pass, the Germans block the Greek withdrawal, which extends across the entire Albanian front.
16 April Wilson informs General Papagos of his decision to withdraw to Thermopylae.
17 April Rear admiral H. T. Baillie-Grohman is sent to Greece to prepare for the evacuation of the Commonwealth forces.
18 April After a three-days struggle, German armored infantry crosses the Pineios river.
The 1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler—which had reached Grevena— overwhelms several Greek units.
19 April German troops enter Larissa and take possession of the airfield.
German troops capture Ioannina.
20 April The commander of the Greek forces in Albania, General Georgios Tsolakoglou, offers to surrender his army to the Germans alone.
The Bulgarian Army occupies most of Thrace.
21 April The final decision for the evacuation of the Commonwealth forces to Crete and Egypt is taken.
The Germans capture the port of Volos.
23 April Official surrender of the Greek forces in Albania to both the Germans and the Italians after a personal representation from Mussolini to Hitler
24 April The Germans attack the Commonwealth forces at Thermopylae. The British rear guards withdraw to Thebes.
5,200 Commonwealth soldiers are evacuated from Porto Rafti, East Attica.
25 April The few RAF squadrons leave Greece. Some 10,200 Australian troops are evacuated from Nafplio and Megara.
The Germans stage an airborne operation to seize the bridges over the Corinth Canal.
27 April The first Germans enter Athens.
28 April Italian troops start occupying the Ionian and Aegean islands.
29 April 5th Panzer Division units reach the south coast of Peloponnese, where they are joined by SS troops arriving from Pyrgos.
30 April The evacuation of 42,311 Commonwealth soldiers is completed. The Germans manage to capture around 7-8,000 Commonwealth troops.