In early 1941 the 6th Division and I Corps headquarters took part in the ill-fated Allied expedition to defend Greece from a German invasion.

He had won the DSO in 1941 while defending Greece.

However, at the crucial moment, Winston Churchill ordered that the advance be stopped and troops dispatched to defend Greece.

The Athenians had made dozens of warships known as Trireme to defend Greece.

Defending Greece as a safe and secure country, a government spokesman, Dimitris Reppas, said the report "presented a false picture of Greece."

On 9 February 1941, as the British advance reached El Agheila, Churchill ordered that it be stopped and troops be dispatched to defend Greece.

In January 1941, the squadron joined Allied forces defending Greece, providing air cover and offensive support over Albania.

In addition the British Western Desert Force had been weakened by the transfer of four divisions to defend Greece.

As the advance reached Al Argheila, Churchill ordered that it be stopped and that troops be dispatched to defend Greece.

To prosecute the war and then to defend Greece from further Persian attack, Athens founded the Delian League in 477 BC.