22 July 1943 Athens protest

22 July 1943 Athens protest
Front page of the Communist Party's newspaper, Rizospastis, celebrating the protest
Date	22 July 1943
Goals	Cancellation of the planned expansion of Bulgarian occupation in Macedonia
Methods	Strikes, Protest, Demonstrations
Resulted in	Many civilians killed, the Bulgarian expansion was cancelled
Parties
People of Athens German infantry troops Italian cavalry Greek collaborationist police
Lead figures
Mikis Theodorakis Panagiota Stathopoulou
Casualties and losses
22 dead; over 200 wounded

The 22 July 1943 Athens protest (Greek: Διαδήλωση της 22ας Ιουλίου 1943) was a massive protest that took place in Athens, Axis-occupied Greece on 22 July 1943 against the German plans to expand the Bulgarian occupation zone in Greek Macedonia.^[1]