Battle of Corinth Canal

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The Battle of Corinth Canal was a dramatic World War II engagement in April 1941 during the German invasion of Greece, in which German paratroopers and glider-borne troops seized the strategically vital Corinth Canal from Allied forces.

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instanceOf battle ⓘ
military operation ⓘ
aimedAt securing route for German advance into the Peloponnese ⓘ
belligerent Allied forces ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ
combatant British forces ⓘ
German glider-borne troops ⓘ
German paratroopers ⓘ
Greek forces ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved Australia ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
date April 1941 ⓘ
followedBy German advance into the Peloponnese ⓘ
historicalEra 20th century ⓘ
involved demolition charges on canal bridges ⓘ
location Corinth Canal ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
militaryObjective prevent Allied withdrawal and evacuation through southern Greek ports ⓘ
objective seizure of Corinth Canal bridges ⓘ
operationType airborne assault ⓘ
glider assault ⓘ
opponent Allied rearguard forces ⓘ
partOf Balkan Campaign ⓘ
German invasion of Greece ⓘ
precededBy German breakthrough in central Greece ⓘ
relatedTo Battle of Thermopylae (1941) ⓘ
evacuation of Allied forces from Greece ⓘ
result German victory ⓘ
strategicImportance control of Corinth Canal ⓘ
cutting Allied land communications between northern and southern Greece ⓘ
theater Mediterranean theatre of World War II ⓘ
timePeriod Battle of Greece ⓘ
usedMilitaryBranch German Army ⓘ
German Luftwaffe Fallschirmjäger ⓘ
year 1941 ⓘ

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Operation Marita → notableBattle → Battle of Corinth Canal ⓘ