battle, interwar and Second World War
Battle of Vevi
Battle of Vevi was a battle fought in 1941 at Vevi, in what is now Greece. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Vevi. It was part of World War II, which ran from 1939 to 1945. The recorded result: German victory.
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Where it sits in World War II
Record
| Date | 1941 (year precision) to 1941 | |
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| Place | Vevi, Greece 40.767N, 21.617E | |
| Kind | Battle, interwar and Second World War | |
| Strength | Eight infantry battalions; Elements of one machine gun battalion and several artillery batteries | One mechanised brigade (Waffen SS); One armoured brigade (German Army) |
| Casualties and losses | British Empire; 56 killed (28 Australians, about 27 British, 1–2 NZ); 480 captured; Greece: 40 killed/wounded; 136 capturedd | 37 killed; 98 wounded; 2 captured |
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Nearest engagements
- Battle of Pelagonia 1259, 7.0 km NW
- Battle of Malka Nidzhe 1916, 7.8 km NE
- Battle of Sorovich 1912, 10 km S
- Battle of Setina 1017, 11 km N
- Battle of Florina 1949, 18 km W
In the same war
- Before: Summer War 1941
- After: Soviet air strikes on Berlin 1941
- All 1155 engagements of World War II
Elsewhere in 1941
- Attack on Pearl Harbor United States
- Siege of Sevastopol Russia
- Philippines Campaign Philippines
- Battle of Hong Kong People's Republic of China
- Battle of Guam United States
Battle of Vevi is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 529 in present-day Greece.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q3174617, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Vevi (1941), revision 1370997971, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.