Date in year · 1943 · The 1940s
On June 8, 1943, world War II: The two-day Battle of Porta between the Royal Italian Army and the Greek People's Liberation Army begins. Margo MacDonald, Richard Smalley, Nikki Giovanni would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · June 8, 1943
The Battle of Porta was fought on 8–9 June 1943 at the Porta and Mouzaki passes in western Thessaly, between the partisans of the Greek People's Liberation Army (ELAS) and the Royal Italian Army, during the Axis occupation of Greece.
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1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1943rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 943rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 43rd year of the 20th century, and the 4th year of the 1940s decade.
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Part of the Greek Resistance during World War II
The Battle of Porta was fought on 8–9 June 1943 at the Porta and Mouzaki passes in western Thessaly, between the partisans of the Greek People's Liberation Army (ELAS) and the Royal Italian Army, during the Axis occupation of Greece.
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