The people of Cyprus today honour with various events those who fell heroically during the treacherous coup of July…
April 26, 1986 | The Chernobyl experiment leads to the biggest nuclear accident – VIDEO
In the early hours of April 26, 1986, a group of workers at the Vladimir Ilyich Lenin nuclear power plant in Chernobyl…
The Cypriot people in the Struggle – 20,000 names of EOKA Fighters – TABLE
At the beginning of the Liberation Struggle on Friday, April 1, 1955, the National Organisation of Cypriot Fighters (EOKA)…
Battle of Liopetri | The “relay of death” in the new “Battle of Gravia Inn” – VIDEO
The deadliest battle of the liberation struggle of EOKA, which became known as “the New Battle of Gravia Inn”, was fought on…
DELFIN Submarine | The first submarine in history to launch a torpedo attack against an enemy warship
On August 21, 1912, Greece received the DELPHIN Submarine from the Toulon naval base. The Submarine was received by Captain Stefanos…
June 10, 1944 | The Nazi massacre in Distomo
It is one of the most atrocious crimes of the Nazis in occupied Greece during World War II…
D-DAY | Landing in Normandy, June 06 1944
On June 6, 1944, on the shores of Normandy in northern France, Allied forces of World War II carried out the largest amphibious operation in history…
June 5, 1967 | The Six-Day War – The Destruction of the Arab League and Israel’s Triumph
The “Arab-Israeli War of 1967”, also known as the “Six-Day War”, broke out between Israel and Egypt, Jordan and Syria….
June 4, 1878 | Commencement of British rule in Cyprus
On June 4, 1878, the Ottoman Empire ceded Cyprus to the British Empire as a protectorate (and later as a possession) with a Treaty of Defence
May 20, 1941 | The Battle of Crete – The “German Paratroopers’ Cemetery”
At 08:00 on the morning of May 20, 1941, the German air strike against Crete began. The attack was carried on with paratroopers at Maleme Airport
