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The German divisions broke the northern Greece defences in three days and reached the city of Athens a few weeks later, on 27 April. The invasion of Greece was completed when the German Army reached the southern shore in Peloponese on 30 April, ending the evacuation of Allied forces and resulting in the capture of 10,000 British Commonwealth troops.<ref>"Australia sent 17,125 troops to Greece, 2030 of whom were taken prisoner and 814 either killed or wounded. In total, approximately 10,000 Allied troops were taken prisoner in Greece." Diggers and Greeks: The Australian Campaigns in Greece and Crete, Maria Hill, p. 311, UNSW Press, 2010</ref> The defeat of Greece was completed with the capture of Crete a month later.

The German divisions broke the northern Greece defences in three days and reached the city of Athens a few weeks later, on 27 April. The invasion of Greece was completed when the German Army reached the southern shore in Peloponese on 30 April, ending the evacuation of Allied forces and resulting in the capture of 10,000 British Commonwealth troops.<ref>"Australia sent 17,125 troops to Greece, 2030 of whom were taken prisoner and 814 either killed or wounded. In total, approximately 10,000 Allied troops were taken prisoner in Greece." Diggers and Greeks: The Australian Campaigns in Greece and Crete, Maria Hill, p. 311, UNSW Press, 2010</ref> The defeat of Greece was completed with the capture of Crete a month later.

==Losses==

==Aftermath==

The Italian losses amounted to 13,755 killed, 50,874 wounded and 25,067 captured or missing. German losses in the invasion of Greece were 1,500 killed (including 200 Luftwaffe pilots) and 3,700 wounded.

The Italian losses amounted to 13,755 killed, 50,874 wounded and 25,067 captured or missing. German losses in the invasion of Greece were 1,500 killed (including 200 Luftwaffe pilots) and 3,700 wounded.

The Greeks suffered 70,000 killed or wounded and 270,000 captured. The British forces reported losing 12,000 killed, wounded or captured.  

The Greeks suffered 70,000 killed or wounded and 270,000 captured. The British forces reported losing 12,000 killed, wounded or captured.

 

Some historians argue that Operation ''Marita'' was decisive in determining the outcome of the Second World War, resulting in the delay of ''Operation Barbarossa'' (the German invasion of Russia) and the defeat of the Axis powers. Others hold that the German defeat in Russia was due to reasons unrelated to the invasion of Greece. Nevertheless the Axis occupation and anti-partisan warfare in Greece and Yugoslavia deeply affected the Axis war effort in North Africa and Russia.

== Notes ==

== Notes ==

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