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Date: April 1941
Region of Serres, April 1941. Footage of the advance into Greek territory of the German commandos of the 6th Mountain Division through the Belles mountain pass
Region of Serres, April 1941. German mountain commandos of the 6th Mountain Division on the Greek-Bulgarian border. Mountain Belles is in front of them
Date: May 1941
Thessaloniki, May 1941. Award of the Iron Cross by the commander of the 18th Mountain Corps, General Franz Böhme, to German soldiers who distinguished themselves in the battles of the Metaxas Line forts
Thessaloniki, May 1941. German General Franz Böhme inspecting a military troop during a medal ceremony
Date: April 10, 1941
Region of Serres, April 10, 1941. Artillery shell used as an anti-tank mine by the Greek army for the protection of Fort Roupel
Region of Serres, April 1941. A row of anti-tank obstacles in Ousita of Fort Roupel. Caption from the main road
Region of Serres, April 1941. German engineers blowing up anti-tank obstacles in the central passage of Fort Roupel
Date: 1939
Ioannis Metaxas inspecting works in a fort on the Greek-Bulgarian border a few months before the beginning of World War II
Date: April 6, 1941
April 6, 1941. German artillery has taken up position in the rear and is preparing to fire on the Metaxas Line in support of the infantry units attacking the Greek forts
April 6, 1941. A German soldier adjusts the position of a 15 cm artillery gun based on the coordinates read to him by the officer in charge. The target is a Greek position on the Metaxas Line
April 6, 1941. German soldiers have arrived on Greek territory and are exiting their vehicles to take up combat positions opposite a Greek fort of the Metaxas Line
April 6, 1941. A German tank is heading to a concentration point for tanks that will take part in an attack against a Greek fort of the Metaxas Line
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