Naval Bibliography in Greek

unknown author, title is “Silent War” about Greek sub force during WWII, can be purchased at Hellenic Maritime Museum

Alexandris, Konstantinos A. 1943. Report on the War Activity of the Fleet During 1943. Alexandria: unpublished.

___. 1944. Report on the Events in the Fleet from 3 to 21 April 1944. Alexandria: unpublished.

___. 1952. To Nautikon Mas kata tin Polemikin Periodon 1941-1945. (Our Navy during the War Period 1941-1945). Athens: Aetos. (204 pp; illus)

Arapis, Constantinos. Year? Rememberances from peace and war. (author was head engineer on destroyer Adrias at time of mining, later Captain in naval constructor corps)

Bampoures, Epam. 1986 (1949). To Hellenikon Emporikon Nautikon kata ton teleutaion polemon: drasis kai thysiai. Athens: Nautikon Mouseion tes Hellados.(2nd ed; 104 pp; illus; 21 cm)

Batis, E. 1997. The Unknown War in the Greek Sea (1941). Athens: A. Pitsilos.

Christopoulos, Menelaos. 1995. Empleoi pases times: anamneseis apo ten aichmalosian mou1942-1945. Athens: Nautiko Mouseio. (personal story of a navy lieutenant)(297 pp., ill; 21 cm)

Dakoulas, Pant. A. 1983. Eikones kai skitsa mias epoches. Athens: Typo. St. Ventoura – Chr. Spyrou. (sources on 20th century Greek naval history) (265 pp; ill)

Dounes, Chrestos Evan (Christis Dounis). 1997. Eis mnemen ….: nautiko kai ploia pou chathekan sto deutero pankosmio polemo (1939-1945). (To the Memory…Seamen and Ships Lost during the Second World War) Athens: A. Pitsilos. (merchant marine only) (ISBN 9607826000; 492 pp; illus; biblio; 24 cm)

Filos, S. 1985. The Case of the Navy 1944-1948. Athens: Filipotis.

Charatses, Stylianos I. 1985. 1023 axiomatikoi kai 22 kinemata. (1023 Officers and 22 Coups) Athens: self-published. 25cm, biblio, index, 2 vols. (about the naval officer participants of 22 Greek military coups, includes 70 pp. on the Alexandria mutiny)

Hellenic Maritime Museum. 19??. The Silent War.

Hellenic Navy General Staff. 19??. Glorious Waves.

___. 1982. Aegean Operations. Athens: Hellenic Navy.

O Navarchos Ioannes Demestichas, 1882-1960. Athens: _____. (141 pp; 25cm)

Kavadias, Epaminondas P. 1950. O Nautikos Polemos tou 1940 opos ton egnorisa. Anamniseis 2 Martiou 1935 – 25 Martiou 1943. (The Naval War of 1940 as I Experienced it.Memories from 2 March 1935 to 25 March 1943) Athens: Pyrsos.

Konstas, Panagiotes E. 1951. Strategike. city?: Publisher? (674 pp; illus; maps; 24 cm)

___. 1955. He Hellas tes Dekaetias 1940-1950. (Greece during the Decade 1940-50) Athens: _.

___. 1955. My Military, Political, and Diplomatic Memoirs of the Decade 1940-1950.Athens: publisher?

___. 1973. He hellenike epopoia tou 1940: politike kai strategike episkopesis tou Hellenoitalogermanikou polemou. Athens: _________. (93 pp; illus)

Kremos, Georgios P., Richard Arnold-Baker. 1990. Averof: to ploio pou allaxe ten poreia tel historias. Nea Smyrne: Ekdosis Akritas. (ISBN 9607006372; 95 pp; illus; 20 cm)

Kyrou, Achilleus A. 1946. Vasilissa Olga, historia henos antitorpillikou. Athens: Aetos.  (189 pp., illus.)

Lagouros, Stylianou. 1991. Penenta chronia apo ton torpillismo tes Helles: to chroniko tes protes meras tou polemou. Athens: Tenos. (ISBN 960273051X; 78 pp; illus; 21cm)

Madias, Markos P. 1998. Gone With the River: Kardamyla, El Alamein, the Destroyers: “Crete”,“Queen Olga”, the December Uprising. Athens: Trochalia.(313 pp., ISBN 960-7809-06-8, personal account)

Malakases, Giannes Th. 1994. He syneisphora tes Hellenikes emporikis nautilias sten polemike prospatheia tou ethnous Oktovrios 1940-Maios 1941. Ioannina: Panepistemio Ioanninon.

___. 1995. To nautiko ston Deutero Pankosmio Polemo: he synolike prosphora tes Hellenikes emporikes nautilias (histiophorou kai atmoplou) 1940-1945. (The Navy in the Second World War. The total contribution of Greek Merchant Shipping (sail and steam), 1940-1945) 2 vols.  Ioannina: __________. (ISBN 9602330236)

Manolas, Stamatios G. 1998. He drase tou Polemikou kai Emporikou Hellenikou Nautikou kata ton 2. Pankosmion Polemon. Athens: T. Pitsilos. 333 pp., illus, 24cm, ISBN 9607826140

Matalas, Dimis. A small narration of a big war.

Matsakis, M. 1988. The Military Navies of Allied Countries and the Activities of World War II. Athens: _________.

Mavroudi, K. 1996. Animera tis Megaloharis. City?: Epta Imeres – I. Kathimerini.

Mentogiannes, Vasiles, and Kostes Metsotakes. Date? 52 Meres 1943: To Antitorpiliko Vasilissa Olga Kai He Macha Tes Lerou. City?: Ekdoseis Kastaniote. ISBN 960-03-3710-1.softcover

Metallinos, Konst. 1996. Vasilissa Olga, A Destroyer Drawn in the Vortex of the War.Piraeus: _________. (author is an admiral who used Greek and British official documents)

Mezeviris, Gregorios. 1971. Tessares Dekaeterides eis ten Hyperesian tou B. Nautikou (Forty Years of Service in the Royal Navy). Athens: _______.

Moraites, Karolos Ep. 1998. Elle: he torpile tes dropes: pos kai giati hoi Italoi chtypesan ton dekapentaugusto tou 1940 to “Elle” exo apo to liani tes Tenou. Athens: Vasdekes.  (160 pp, illus., 24cm, ISBN 9607370457)

Naftiki Epitheorisi – journal published by the Hellenic Navy History Department.

Nautiko Mouseio Hellados. 1995. Ho siopelos polemos: he drase ton Hellenikon Hypovrychion, 1940-1944. Athens: Nautiko Mouseio Hellados. (143 pp., illus., maps, index, 28cm, ILL Harvard)

Nefeloudis, V. 1945. Ellines polemistes sti Mesi Anatoli. (Greek Warriors in the Middle East).Athens: __________.

Oikonomou, Demetrios. 1947. Ta pepragmena tou Vasilikou Nautikou apo tes 10 apriliou mechri tes 27 apriliou 1941. Athens: _________. (77 pp)

Oikonomou, Kostas D. 1996. He mesanatolitike Hellenike tragodia, 1941-1945. Athens: self.  (283 pp; illus; 21cm)

Paizes, Giannes G. 1996. Thalassines anamneseis. Athens: Papazese. (ISBN 9600211558; 162 pp.; illus; 21cm)

Païzis-Paradelis, Konstantin. 1999. Ta ploia tou Ellinikou Polemikou Nautikou 1829-1999, 2nd Athens: Astrea. (listing of all Greek naval ships)

Papadakis, V.P. 1957. Diplomatiki Istoria tou Ellinikou Polemou 1940-1945 (Diplomatic  History of the Greek War 1940-1945). Athens:__________.

Papageorgiou, Geses. 1998. Stoles tou Polemikou Nautikou/Uniforms of the Hellenic Navy.  Athens: Ekdoseis Astraia. 126 pp., illus., 33cm, ISBN 9608579716.

Papagos, Alexandros. 1949. Polemos tes Hellados 1940-1941 (The Battle of Greece, 1940-1941). Athens: J.M. Scazikis.

Papastratis, Procopis. 1980. Military agreement between Britain and Greece, 9 March 1942. Mnemon 7: 174-182.

Periplous – journal of the Hellenic Maritime Museum

Petropoulos, Niko D. 1966-72. Anamniseis kai skepseis enos palaiou naftikou (Reminiscences and Thoughts of an Old Sailor, vol. 1-4). Athens: ______. 1 He periodos tou mesopolemou 1923-1940 2 Ho polemos sta xena 1941-1944 (athliotetes, alla kai doxes) 3 To drama tou Apriliou 1944 v.4 ?

Philos, Stephanos M. 1985. He Hypothese tou Nautikou, 1944-1948. Athens: Philippote.223 pp., illus., 21cm, biblio.

Phokas, Demetrios G. 1953-4. Ekthesis epi tes draseos tou V. Nautikou kata ton polemon 1940-44. Syntachtheisa vasei ton episeimon stoicheion tes historikes hyperesias tou V.N.  (Report on the Activity of the Royal Navy during the War 1940-1944. Drawn on the official documents of the Historical Department of the Royal Navy) Athens: Ekdosis Historikes Hyperesias. (Historical Department of the Royal Navy) [author’s name also spelled Fokas] 1 Apo tes propolemikes periodou mechri tes katalepseos tes Hellados, 27 Apriliou 1941 2 Apo tes apodemias tou stolou mechri tes apeleutheroseos tes Hellados, Apriliou 1941Oktovr. 1944

Roumanes, Elias I. 2002. Ho torpillismos tes “Helles” kai to epos tou 1940-41: synkritike historike melete. Athens: Ekdoseis Tenos. (367 pp., illus., biblio, ISBN 9602731133)

Sakellariou, Alexandros E. 1946. He Thesis tes Hellados eis ton Deuteron Pangosmion Polemon (Greece’s Stand During World War II). 2nd ed. Athens: Petros Dimitrakos, 1945. (2 vol.; index; 25cm) (1st ed = New York: Cosmos Greek American Printing Co, 1944)

___. 1957. Taxeideuontas tou navarchou Alexandrou E. Sakellariou. Athens: _____.(243 pp; 22cm)

___. 1967. Ap’tis gephyres kai ta karre. Athens: _____. (160 pp; illus)

___. 1971. Enas navarchos thymatai (An Admiral Remembers). Athens: Giota Sigma Epe. (2 vol; illus; 25cm)

Simpsas, Mar. G. 1970. O torpilsmos tis Ellis. (prolific author who wrote a five vol. history of the HN; does not use footnotes but lists

primary and secondary sources in general bibliographies)

___. 1982. The Navy in Greek History, 4 vols. Athens: Greek Navy General Staff.

Spanides, Athanasios G. 1981. Pos autokatalytheke he Demokratia tou 1944. Athens: Papazese. (424 pp; illus; 21cm)

___. 1987. Anamneseis kai martyries. Athens: Papazese. (536 pp; illus; index; 21cm)

Spyropoulos, Evangelos. 1993. Hoi stratiotikes paremvaseis sten politike (1909-1941), ta Mesanatolike kinemata (1941-1944) – kai ta meta. Athens: Ant. N. Sakkoula. (693 pp; 21cm)

Strathaki, N. 1996. To polemiko nautiko. City?: Kathimerini-Epta Imares.

Stathakis, N. 1987. Thorikto G. Averoff (Battleship G. Averoff). Athens: GEN.

Thomopoulos, Sozon. 1971. Stratiotike bibliographia: anagraphe titlon autotelon ergon. Athens: Dieuth. Strat. Ekdoseon AS. 64pp, 24cm.

To Elli eihe ti diki tou istoria. 1994. City?: Eleftheros Typos.

Toumbas, Ioannis N. 1954. Ecthros en opsei: Anamneseis tou Deuterou Pagosmiou Polemou.(Enemy in Sight: Memoirs from World War II). Athens: Garifalos.

Tsakalotos, Thrasyboulos I. 1960. 40 Chronia stratiotes tes Hellados: pos eherdisame tous agonas mas, 1940-1949. (Forty Years a Soldier of Greece) Athens: Typographeion tes “Akropoleos.”

Tsouderos, Emmanuel I. 1945. Ellenikes Anomalies ste Mese Anatole (Greek Anamolies in the Middle East). Athens: ___________.

Tsoukalas, Elias Pel. 1951. Hypovrychion Y 1: V.P. Katsones. Athens: Ikaros.(2nd ed.; 159 pp.) (3rd ed = 1972)(4th ed = 1990, Peraias: Nautiko Mouseiou tes Hellados; 216 pp. illus; 22cm)

___. 1989. Torpille No ‘89 …. pyr!: spartarista anekdota tou Polemikou mas Nautikou. Piraeus: Nautikou Mouseiou tes Hellados. (162 pp; illus; 24cm)

Tzamtzes, A.I. 1997? Ta Hellenika hyperokeania 1907-1977: to chroniko mias epochs tes neuteres emporikas mas nautilias pou ekleise oristika. Athens: Ekdoseis Miletos (159 pp., on subs)

Varfis, Konstantinos, Commodore Hellenic Navy, ret’d. is writing an official history of the HN (same person as Kostes A. Varphes, Costis Varfis?; trained historian; deceased 1990s, wrote mostly on 1800s)

Veremis, Thanos M. 1977. O epem vaseis tou stratou stin elliniki politiki, 1916-1936 (The Interventions of the Military in Greek Politics, 1916-1936). Athens: ______.

Yannopoulos, Aristeides. 1979. Antitorpilliko Kriti: he historia henos ploiou ston polemou 1943-1945 (Destroyer Kriti). Athens: ________. (165 pp; illus; 21cm; author’s last name also spelled Giannopoulos)

Other Languages

Fock, Harald. 1993. Afrika-Zerstörer ZG3/Hermes: original-Kriegstagebuch. Herford: Koehlers Verlag. (240 pp., 25 photos and sketches, intro; author was former mines and explosives officer on the ship when it was scuttled)

Simpsas, Marcos G. 1964. La marine de guerre hellenique. Revue Maritime 214: 1136-1152.

Simpsas, Marcos. 1977. Die griechische Marine im Zweiten Weltkrieg.Marine Rundschau, 1977 pp. 627-634.

Varfis, Constantin. 1993. Espace maritime grec et marine hellénique XIX-XX siècles  (Greek maritime territory and the Greek Navy, 19th-20th centuries).Guerres Mondiales et Conflits Contemporains 43(172): 85-99.