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During the German invasion of Greece on 6 April 1941, the Allied forces were pushed back from Macedonia and Thessaly into mainland Greece while the British fleet stood by at various ports in the south of Greece to evacuate any remaining Allied troops from the advancing German ground and air units. A critical target during the German invasion, was the Corinth Canal which divided the Peloponnesus from the Greek mainland as Hitler saw it as the gateway to control the Aegean Sea and trap the evacuating Allied forces in Greece if it were captured and kept operational.

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  • Battle of the Corinth Canal (en)
  • Μάχη της Διώρυγας της Κορίνθου (el)
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  • Η Μάχη της Διώρυγας της Κορίνθου αναφέρεται στη διάρκεια της γερμανικής εισβολής στην Ελλάδα στις 6 Απριλίου 1941, όπου οι συμμαχικές δυνάμεις σπρώχθηκαν πίσω προς τη Μακεδονία και τη Θεσσαλία από την ηπειρωτική Ελλάδα, ενώ ο βρετανικός στόλος στάθηκε σε διάφορα λιμάνια στη νότια Ελλάδα για να εκκενώσει τυχόν εναπομείναντα συμμαχικά στρατεύματα από τις προελαύνοντες γερμανικές μονάδες εδάφους και αέρος. Ένας κρίσιμος στόχος κατά τη διάρκεια της γερμανικής εισβολής, ήταν η διώρυγα της Κορίνθου που χώριζε την Πελοπόννησο από την ελληνική ηπειρωτική χώρα, καθώς ο Χίτλερ την είδε ως πύλη για τον έλεγχο του Αιγαίου και την παγίδευση των συμμαχικών δυνάμεων που υποχωρούσαν στην Ελλάδα, εάν μπορούσε να καταληφθεί και να κρατηθεί λειτουργική. (el)
  • During the German invasion of Greece on 6 April 1941, the Allied forces were pushed back from Macedonia and Thessaly into mainland Greece while the British fleet stood by at various ports in the south of Greece to evacuate any remaining Allied troops from the advancing German ground and air units. A critical target during the German invasion, was the Corinth Canal which divided the Peloponnesus from the Greek mainland as Hitler saw it as the gateway to control the Aegean Sea and trap the evacuating Allied forces in Greece if it were captured and kept operational. (en)
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  • Battle of the Corinth Canal (en)
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