Famine and Despair on the Island of Ikaria During WWII
John Chrysochoos, Ph.D.
Following the collapse of the depleted Greek Armed Forces in the spring of 1941, due to their engagement in fierce battles on two different fronts against the combined Italian and German assault, Ikaria and the rest of Greece got braced for a period of occupation that lasted nearly four years. Although the first year of occupation by the Italians was difficult indeed in Ikaria, the suffering experienced by many Ikarians in 1941 was nothing compared to what was to follow.
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