Battle of Vevi (1941)

This article is about battle in World War II. For the First Balkan War, see Battle of Vevi (1912).

Battle of Vevi
Part of World War II

Members of the Australian 2/1st Anti-Tank Regiment resting, soon after their withdrawal from the Vevi area.
Date11–12 April 1941
Location
Vevi, Greece
Result German victory
Belligerents
 Australia
Greece Greece
 New Zealand
 United Kingdom		  Germany
Commanders and leaders
Australia Iven Mackay (operational)
Australia George Vasey		 Nazi Germany Josef Dietrich
Nazi Germany Wilhelm von Apell
Nazi Germany Fritz Witt
Strength
Eight infantry battalions
Elements of one machine gun battalion and several artillery batteries		 One mechanised brigade (Waffen SS)
One armoured brigade (German Army)
Casualties and losses
British Empire
56 killed (28 Australians,[a] about 27 British,[b] 1–2 NZ [c])
480 captured[3][4][5]
Greece:
40 killed/wounded[d]
136 captured[d]		 37 killed
98 wounded
2 captured[10]

The Battle of Vevi (or Veve, Greek: Μάχη της Bεύης), in Greece, also known as the Battle of the Klidi Pass, was part of the Greek campaign of World War II. It took place on 11–12 April 1941, north of the town of Amyntaion, close to the northwestern Greek border. Allied troops fought forces from Nazi Germany.

  1. ^ a b Commonwealth War Graves Commission site http://www.cwgc.org/, using "Geoff's search engine" tool found on http://www.hut-six.co.uk/cgi-bin/search39-47.php, accessed 16 September 2012
  2. ^ Commonwealth War Graves Commission site http://www.cwgc.org/
  3. ^ Australian War Memorial, Roll of Honour (A full list of Australian deaths by date can be obtained through the advanced search page)
  4. ^ Long (1953), p. 71
  5. ^ McClymont (1959), p. 210
  6. ^ a b c Το Τέλος Μιας Εποποιίας, ΔΙΣ, Αθηναι 1959, page 28
  7. ^ a b Το Τέλος Μιας Εποποιίας, ΔΙΣ, Αθηναι 1959, page 30
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference kosisland1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ Büchner (1961), p. 223
  10. ^ Golla (2007), p. 230


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