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Fort Roupel

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Fort Roupel (Οχυρό Ρούπελ) is a fortress at the north border of Central Macedonia, Greece, built in 1914. [1]

19 relations: Agkistro, Battle of Greece, Constantine I of Greece, Diplomatic history of World War I, Eleftherios Venizelos, Franz Mattenklott, Greece during World War I, Ioannis Metaxas, Konstantinos Bakopoulos, List of fortifications, Metaxas Line, Michalis Tsartsidis Folklore and History Museum, Noemvriana, Provisional Government of National Defence, Rupel (disambiguation), Sidirokastro, Stefanos Skouloudis, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Athens), 10th Mechanized Infantry Brigade (Greece).

Agkistro

Agkistro or alternatively Agistro (Άγκιστρο), is a village in the Serres regional unit, Greece.

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Battle of Greece

The Battle of Greece (also known as Operation Marita, Unternehmen Marita) is the common name for the invasion of Allied Greece by Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany in April 1941 during World War II.

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Constantine I of Greece

Constantine I (Κωνσταντίνος Αʹ, Konstantínos I; – 11 January 1923) was King of Greece from 1913 to 1917 and from 1920 to 1922.

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Diplomatic history of World War I

The Diplomatic history of World War I covers the non-military interactions among the major players during World War I. For the domestic histories see Home front during World War I. For a longer-term perspective see International relations of the Great Powers (1814–1919) and Causes of World War I. For the following era see International relations (1919–1939).

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Eleftherios Venizelos

Eleftherios Kyriakou Venizelos (full name Elefthérios Kyriákou Venizélos, Ελευθέριος Κυριάκου Βενιζέλος,; 23 August 1864 – 18 March 1936) was an eminent Greek leader of the Greek national liberation movement and a charismatic statesman of the early 20th century remembered for his promotion of liberal-democratic policies.

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Franz Mattenklott

Franz Mattenklott (19 November 1884 – 28 June 1954) was a German general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II.

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Greece during World War I

At the outbreak of World War I in August 1914, the Kingdom of Greece remained a neutral nation.

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Ioannis Metaxas

Ioannis Metaxas (Ιωάννης Μεταξάς; 12 April 1871 – 29 January 1941) was a Greek military officer and politician, serving as Prime Minister of Greece from 1936 until his death in 1941.

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Konstantinos Bakopoulos

Konstantinos Th.

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List of fortifications

This is a list of fortifications past and present, a fortification being a major physical defensive structure often composed of a more or less wall-connected series of forts.

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Metaxas Line

The Metaxas Line was a chain of fortifications constructed along the line of the Greco-Bulgarian border, designed to protect Greece in case of a Bulgarian invasion after the rearmament of Bulgaria.

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Michalis Tsartsidis Folklore and History Museum

The Michalis Tsartsidis Folklore and History Museum is a museum in Sidirokastro, Central Macedonia, Greece, 85 km from Thessaloniki and 25 km from Serres.

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Noemvriana

The Noemvriana (Νοεμβριανά, "November Events") of, or the Greek Vespers, was a political dispute which led to an armed confrontation in Athens between the royalist government of Greece and the forces of the Allies over the issue of Greece's neutrality during World War I. Friction existed between the two sides from the beginning of World War I. The unconditional surrender of the border fortress of Rupel in May 1916 to the Central Powers' forces, mainly composed of Bulgarian troops, was the first event that led to the Noemvriana.

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Provisional Government of National Defence

The Provisional Government of National Defence, or the Movement of National Defence, was a parallel administration set up in the city of Thessaloniki by former Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos and his supporters during World War I, in opposition and rivalry to the official royal government in Athens.

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Rupel (disambiguation)

Rupel can be.

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Sidirokastro

Sidirokastro (Σιδηρόκαστρο; Bulgarian and Macedonian: Валовища/Валовишта Valovišta; Demirhisar) is a town and a former municipality in the Serres regional unit, Greece.

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Stefanos Skouloudis

Stefanos Skouloudis (Στέφανος Σκουλούδης; November 23, 1838 – August 19, 1928) was a Greek banker, diplomat and the 34th Prime Minister of Greece.

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Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Athens)

The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (translit) is a war memorial located in Syntagma Square in Athens, in front of the Old Royal Palace.

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10th Mechanized Infantry Brigade (Greece)

The 10th Infantry Regiment "(Χ ΜΠ)" (10ο Σύνταγμα Πεζικού (Χ ΜΠ)) is a motorized infantry Regiment of the Hellenic Army.

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Redirects here:

Fort Rupel, Fort Rupel (Sidirokastro), Roupel fortress, Rupel Fort, Rupel Fortress.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Roupel

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