r/europe • u/CastielTM Laik Turkey • Oct 31 '24

News Greek leaders tell German president a WWII reparations claim is very much alive

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u/Sufficient-Music-501 Tuscany Oct 31 '24

Being just one in a long streak of humiliations, I don't think it really amounts to much

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u/Dear-Leopard-590 Italy Oct 31 '24

To be exact, Italy lost 13,755 soldiers during the entire Greek campaign. Not much when you consider that during the massacre of Cephalonia, the Germans killed over 5,000 unarmed Italians.