Great Famine in Greece

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The Great Famine in Greece was a devastating World War II-era humanitarian disaster in which hundreds of thousands of Greeks died from starvation and related causes under Axis occupation.

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instanceOf event of World War II ⓘ
famine ⓘ
humanitarian disaster ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Great Famine of the Axis occupation in Greece ⓘ
Greek Famine of 1941–1944 ⓘ
cause Axis occupation of Greece ⓘ
black market ⓘ
collapse of transport and distribution networks ⓘ
disruption of agricultural production ⓘ
hyperinflation ⓘ
naval blockade ⓘ
requisitioning of food by occupying forces ⓘ
consequence deep social trauma in Greek society ⓘ
long-term public health problems in Greece ⓘ
post-war demographic changes in Greece ⓘ
strengthening of Greek resistance organizations ⓘ
country Greece ⓘ
deathToll hundreds of thousands of people ⓘ
endTime 1944 ⓘ
hasPart famine in Athens ⓘ
famine in Piraeus ⓘ
famine in the Greek countryside ⓘ
famine in the Greek islands ⓘ
historicalContext World War II in Europe ⓘ
linked to: World War II

occupation of Greece by Axis powers ⓘ
location Kingdom of Greece ⓘ
notableDeathTollEstimate approximately 5–8 percent of the Greek population ⓘ
over 300000 deaths ⓘ
notableEffect growth of resistance movements ⓘ
increased child mortality ⓘ
malnutrition-related diseases ⓘ
population displacement ⓘ
social unrest ⓘ
widespread starvation ⓘ
notablePolicy Axis requisition of agricultural output ⓘ
German economic exploitation of occupied Greece ⓘ
participant Bulgaria ⓘ
Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
civilian population of Greece ⓘ
peakPeriod winter of 1941–1942 ⓘ
reliefEffort International Red Cross food relief ⓘ
Swedish Red Cross relief missions ⓘ
neutral shipping of food under Allied–Axis agreements ⓘ
significantPeriod Axis occupation of Greece ⓘ
startTime 1941 ⓘ
studiedIn Holocaust and World War II studies ⓘ
famine studies ⓘ
history of Greece ⓘ

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Axis occupation of Greece → significantEvent → Great Famine in Greece ⓘ
Great Famine in Greece → hasPart → famine in the Greek islands ⓘ
linked to: Great Famine in Greece
Great Famine in Greece → alsoKnownAs → Greek Famine of 1941–1944 ⓘ
linked to: Great Famine in Greece
Great Famine in Greece → alsoKnownAs → Great Famine of the Axis occupation in Greece ⓘ
linked to: Great Famine in Greece