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Battle of Greece Timeline
April 6, 1941	The German armies invade Greece.
April 8, 1941	The German 164th Infantry Division captures Xanthi.
April 9, 1941	German troops seize Thessaloniki. The German 72d Infantry Division breaks through the Metaxas Line. The Greek Second Army capitulates unconditionally.
April 10, 1941	The Germans overcome the enemy resistance north of Vevi, at the Klidi Pass.
April 13, 1941	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 occupying policy in Greece.
April 14, 1941	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.
April 16, 1941	Wilson informs General Papagos of his decision to withdraw to Thermopylae.
April 17, 1941	Rear admiral H. T. Baillie-Grohman is sent to Greece to prepare for the evacuation of the Commonwealth forces.
April 18, 1941	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.
April 19, 1941	German troops enter Larissa and take possession of the airfield. German troops capture Ioannina.
April 20, 1941	The commander of the Greek forces in Albania, General Georgios Tsolakoglou, offers to surrender his army to the Germans alone. The Bulgarian Army invades Thrace.
April 21, 1941	The final decision for the evacuation of the Commonwealth forces to Crete and Egypt is taken. The Germans capture the port of Volos.
April 23, 1941	Official surrender of the Greek forces in Albania to both the Germans and the Italians after a personal representation from Mussolini to Hitler
April 24, 1941	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.
April 25, 1941	The few RAF squadrons leave Greece. Some 10,200 Australian troops are evacuated from Nauplion and Megara. The Germans stage an airborne operation to seize the bridges over the Corinth Canal.
April 27, 1941	The first Germans enter Athens.
April 28, 1941	Italian troops start occupying the Ionian and Aegean islands.
April 29, 1941	5th Panzer Division units reach the south coast of Peloponnese, where they are joined by SS troops arriving from Pyrgos.
April 30, 1941	The evacuation of 42,311 Commonwealth soldiers is completed. The Germans manage to capture around 7-8,000 Commonwealth troops.