Thassos History: Thassos During World War II under Bulgarian control.

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However, mountainous terrain facilitated small-scale resistance activity.</P> <P>   But later,the Greek Civil War affected the island in the form of skirmishes and Communist guerilla attacks until 1950, almost a year after the main hostilities were over on the mainland.</P> <br> </td> </tr> </table> <table width="100%"><tr><td><IMG style="LEFT: 692px; TOP: 191px" height=200 alt="Fighter planes During World War II" hspace=0 src="../../images/WWII-fighter-plane.jpg" width=300 border=0></td> <td><IMG style="LEFT: 183px; TOP: 1532px" height=200 alt="Thassos During World War Two" hspace=0 src="../../images/world-war-II.jpg" width=300 border=0></td></tr></table> <P><CENTER></CENTER></P> <table width="100%"border="0" align="center" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr align="middle"> <td><a href="../thassos-antiquity" title="Thassos Antiquity" target="_parent"><font size="1"><b>Antiquity</b></font></a></td> <td><a href="../thassos-roman-era" title="Thassos Roman Era" target="_parent"><b><font size="1">Roman Era</font></b></a></td> <td><a href="../thassos-ottoman-era" title="Thassos Ottoman Era" target="_parent"><b><font size="1">Ottoman Era</font></b></a></td> <td><a href="../thassos-balkan-wars" title="Thassos During the Balkan Wars" target="_parent"><b><font size="1">During the Balkan Wars</font></b></a></td> <td><a href="../thassos-world-war-2" title="Thassos During World War II" target="_parent"><b><font size="1">World War II</font></b></a></td> <td><a href="../thassos-modern-history" title="Thassos Modern History" target="_parent"><b><font size="1">Thassos Today</font></b></a></td> </tr> </table> <br> </TD> <TD vAlign=top width="20%" align="center"> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <script type="text/javascript">document.write('<a style="display:block;width:100%;height:1px;" class="aff-ad-none"></a>');window.AFF_ONLOAD = window.AFF_ONLOAD || [];window.AFF_ONLOAD.push({lkid:"20479610",affid:"10144185",size:"300*250",type:"2",uid:"427775",language:"en",web_id:"40",version:110});var aff_s = document.createElement("script"),aff_h = document.getElementsByTagName("head")[0];aff_s.charset = "utf-8";aff_s.async = !0;aff_s.src = "https://js.affasi.com/affasi_js.min.js";aff_h.insertBefore(aff_s, aff_h.firstChild);</script> </TD> </TR> <TR vAlign=center align=middle> <TD colspan="3"> <table align="center"><tr><td align="center" valign="top"> <iframe src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/likebox.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FThassosIsle&width=190&height=250&show_faces=true&colorscheme=light&stream=false&border_color&header=true&appId=278637755502875" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:190px; height:350px;" allowTransparency="true"></iframe> </td><td align="center" valign="top"> <div id="fb-root"></div> <div id="fb-root"></div><script src="http://connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#appId=APP_ID&xfbml=1"></script><fb:comments href="http://www.thassos.net.gr/thassos-history/thassos-world-war-2/" num_posts="5" width="490"></fb:comments></div> <script type="text/javascript">document.write('<a style="display:block;width:100%;height:1px;" class="aff-ad-none"></a>');window.AFF_ONLOAD = window.AFF_ONLOAD || [];window.AFF_ONLOAD.push({lkid:"20479585",affid:"10144185",size:"468*60",type:"1",uid:"427775",language:"en",web_id:"40",version:110});var aff_s = document.createElement("script"),aff_h = document.getElementsByTagName("head")[0];aff_s.charset = "utf-8";aff_s.async = !0;aff_s.src = "https://js.affasi.com/affasi_js.min.js";aff_h.insertBefore(aff_s, aff_h.firstChild);</script> </td><td align="center" valign="top" width="185"> <div align="center"><a class="twitter-timeline" href="https://twitter.com/Thassos_Greece" data-widget-id="298086693976805376">Tweets σχετικά με @Thassos_Greece</a> <script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs");</script> </div> </td></tr></table> <div align="center"><table height="5%" width="100%" align="center"><tr><td valign="middle" align="right"><br><br><b>Make Money - Get Paid to Click Ads - Best PTC Sites Here:</b></td><td width="37%" align="left"><a href="http://moneymakeronline.eu/" TARGET="_blank"><img src="http://moneymakeronline.eu/images/banner3.gif" title="Get paid to view advertisements! 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