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1000 Drachmes Italian Invasion of Greece
| Issuer | Bank of Greece |
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| Year | 1990 |
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| Thickness | 2.5 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑ ΔΡΑΧΜΕΣ 1.000 1990 (Translation: HELLENIC REPUBLIC DRACHMES 1000 1990) |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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The Italian invasion of October 1940 — launched from Albania after Mussolini's ultimatum was rejected by Metaxas in a single word — ended in catastrophic failure for Rome. Greek forces pushed the Italians back deep into Albanian territory, the first successful Allied counter-offensive of the war. Germany was forced to delay Operation Barbarossa to bail out the Italian campaign, a diversion some historians argue meaningfully affected the timeline of the Eastern Front.
This commemorative was issued fifty years after those events. KM#155 is one of several silver issues the Bank of Greece produced across the late 1980s and early 1990s marking World War II anniversaries.