1943 in Greece

← 1942 1941 1940 1943 in Greece → 1944 1945 1946
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See also:	Other events of 1943 List of years in Greece

This is a list of events that happened in 1943 in Greece.

Incumbents

• Prime Minister: Emmanouil Tsouderos

Events

• 16–17 February - Domenikon Massacre by the Italian Army.
• 7 April - Konstantinos Logothetopoulos is dismissed as collaborationist Prime Minister and is succeeded by Ioannis Rallis.
• 14 May - The forces of EAM-ELAS attack the EKKA's 5/42 Regiment.
• 23 June - The forces of EAM-ELAS attack the EKKA's 5/42 Regiment and forcibly dissolve it.
• 5 July - The main Greek resistance groups conclude the National Bands Agreement.
• 12 August - Massacre of Kommeno by the German Army.
• 8 September - The Italian garrison on Kastellorizo surrenders to the Allies.
• 8 September - Jürgen Stroop becomes the country's HSSPF.
• 9–11 September - The Germans under Ulrich Kleemann seize Rhodes from the Italians.
• 14–16 September - Holocaust of Viannos by the German Army.
• 15–24 September - Massacre of the Acqui Division on the island of Cephalonia by the German Army.
• 19–29 September - The Paramythia executions by the German Army and local Albanian collaborators.
• 3–4 November - Battle of Kos: the Germans capture the island of Kos against British and Italian resistance.
• 9 November - Walter Schimana becomes the country's HSSPF.
• 12–16 November - Battle of Leros: the Germans capture the island of Leros against British and Italian resistance.
• 13 December 1943 - Massacre of Kalavryta by the German Army.
• 14 December - 300 Allied bomber raid Athens.
• 15 December - Allied bombers raid Piraeus harbor and Greek airfields.
• 18 December - Drakeia massacre by the SS.

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