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    valley. The municipal unit of Gorgopotamos borders Lamia to the north and Phocis to the southwest. The municipal unit Gorgopotamos is subdivided into the following...
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  • Gorgopotamos (Greek: Γοργοπόταμος meaning the rushing river), may refer to: Gorgopotamos, a village, a municipality and a historic bridge in Phthiotis...
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    ELAS (section Gorgopotamos)
    Brigadier Eddie Myers, had been tasked to blow up one of three bridges (Gorgopotamos, Papadia or Asopos) of the country's main railway line, and to get the...
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    The Gorgopotamos (Greek: Γοργοπόταμος, "the rushing river") is a river in the southern part of Phthiotis, Central Greece, Greece not far from the border...
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  • Gorgopotámou) is a railway station situated between the Gorgopotamos Bridge and the village of Gorgopotamos. The station opened on 8 March 1904. It is served...
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    major operation of EDES was "Operation Harling", the destruction of the Gorgopotamos viaduct by a joint force of British SOE commandos, and EDES and ELAS...
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    Operation Harling, also known as the Battle of Gorgopotamos (Greek: Μάχη του Γοργοποτάμου) in Greece, was a World War II mission by the British Special...
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  • small group of British and New Zealand expert saboteurs, blew up the Gorgopotamos Bridge. Afterward the success of Operation Harling, a team of SOE agents...
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    It is surrounded by forest and the small river of Gorgopotamos runs right next to it. Gorgopotamos is part of the municipal unit of Mastorochoria of Ioannina...
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    forming a series of deep gorges—most famous of which is that of the Gorgopotamos river—a few of which boast large waterfalls, including the Kremastos...
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    the following 5 former municipalities, that became municipal units: Gorgopotamos Lamia Leianokladi (Lianokladi) Pavliani Ypati The municipality has an...
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    also became known as the Battle of Thermopylae. The sabotage of the Gorgopotamos bridge in 1942 was referred in German documents of the era as "the recent...
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  • Eridanos Ilisos, Athens Asopos (in Skala Oropou) Spercheios (near Lamia) Gorgopotamos (near Lamia) Thessaly Pineios (in Stomio) Titarisios (in Ampelonas) Sarantaporos...
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  • Exarchos Frantzis Fteri Fyliadon Gardiki Gavrakia Gerakli Giannitsou Glyfa Gorgopotamos Goulemi Goura Grammeni Irakleia Kainourgio Kalamaki Kalapodi Kallidromo...
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    for a Free Germany (AKFD) Operations Drama uprising Ryka Mikro Chorio Gorgopotamos Bridge Meritsa Protests against labour mobilization Fardykambos Porta...
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    for a Free Germany (AKFD) Operations Drama uprising Ryka Mikro Chorio Gorgopotamos Bridge Meritsa Protests against labour mobilization Fardykambos Porta...
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    for a Free Germany (AKFD) Operations Drama uprising Ryka Mikro Chorio Gorgopotamos Bridge Meritsa Protests against labour mobilization Fardykambos Porta...
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  • Crete Damasta sabotage, 1944 Damasta, Phthiotis, a community in the Gorgopotamos municipal unit This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct...
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    for a Free Germany (AKFD) Operations Drama uprising Ryka Mikro Chorio Gorgopotamos Bridge Meritsa Protests against labour mobilization Fardykambos Porta...
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  • it is part of the municipality of Lamia, and of the municipal unit of Gorgopotamos. The nearby settlement of Skamnos also belongs to the community of Oiti...
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    the growth of armed Resistance, and the spectacular destruction of the Gorgopotamos bridge (Operation "Harling") by a force of Greek guerrillas and British...
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    engravings depicted the 1942 episode where the Greek resistance blew up the Gorgopotamos railway station. He was politically affiliated with the communist left...
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  • Fourka Fragkades Gannadio Gavrisioi Georganoi Geroplatanos Giourganista Gorgopotamos Grammeno Granitsa Granitsopoula Greveniti Grimpovo Ieromnimi Iliochori...
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    November, the resistance together with the British mission destroyed the Gorgopotamos viaduct in Central Greece, disrupting the flow of Axis supplies to the...
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  • 1942, Myers's party blew up one of the spans of the railway viaduct at Gorgopotamos, supported by 150 Greek partisans from these two organisations who engaged...
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  • leadership of Major E. C. W. "Eddie" Myers) was the blowing-up of the Gorgopotamos railway viaduct, south of Lamia, on November 25, 1942 (Operation Harling)...
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    for a Free Germany (AKFD) Operations Drama uprising Ryka Mikro Chorio Gorgopotamos Bridge Meritsa Protests against labour mobilization Fardykambos Porta...
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