Battle of Menina

Battle of Menina
Date17 August 1944
Location
Result EDES victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of Greece National Republican Greek League (EDES)

Nazi Germany Germany

Commanders and leaders
Lt. Colonel Vasileios Kamaras
Major Georgios Agoros
Major David Wallace (British)  
Unknown
Strength
10th Division of EDES (400 engaged) Company of the 1st Mountain Division
Cham collaborationist militia
Casualties and losses
22 killed, 53 wounded 90 killed, 100 missing or taken prisoner

The Battle of Menina (Greek: Μάχη της Μενίνας) was conducted by the Greek resistance group EDES against the German garrison of the village Menina, Thesprotia, during the German occupation of Greece. They were successful and captured a large quantity of supplies.[1]

  1. ^ Hermann Frank Meyer, Αιματοβαμμένο Έντελβαϊς. Η 1η Ορεινή Μεραρχία, το 22ο Σώμα Στρατού και η εγκληματική δράση τους στην Ελλάδα, 1943-1944, Τόμος Β', Βιβλιοπωλείον της Εστίας, Athens 2009, pp. 249-251