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Battle of Lake Kastoria

Battle of Lake Kastoria was a battle fought in 1941 in what is now Greece. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at its recorded location. It was part of Battle of Greece. The recorded result: German victory.

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Fought1941
WhereGreece40.518N, 21.269E, placed at the location, approximate
OutcomeGerman victory
BelligerentsGreeceagainstGermany
Casualties and losses160+ killed; 12,000 captured; 34 guns destroyed; 2 anti-air guns destroyedandUnknown
Part ofBattle of Greece1941

Where it sits in Battle of Greece

Battle of Thermopylae, 1941Battle of Ptolemaida, 1941Battle of Kleisoura Pass, 1941Battle of Olympus, 1941Battle of Lake Kastoria, 1941Battle of Athens, 194119411941Battle of Lake Kastoria, 1941
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Record

Date1941 (year precision)
PlaceGreece
40.518N, 21.269E
KindBattle, interwar and Second World War
StrengthCavalry Division; 13th Infantry Division (elements); 1 reconnaissance battalion (horse cavalry); 2 understrength infantry battalions (understrength); 1 machine-gun battalion; 7 batteries of light and heavy artilleryLeibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler (elements); 1 armoured reconnaissance battalion; 2 motorised infantry battalions; 6 medium and heavy artillery batteries; 3 companies of infantry guns; 40 light bombers
Casualties and losses160+ killed; 12,000 captured; 34 guns destroyed; 2 anti-air guns destroyedUnknown
Commanders
  • Sotirios Moutousis
  • Efstathios Liosis
  • Obergruppenführer
  • Sepp Dietrich
  • Standartenführer
  • Sturmbannführer
  • Kurt Meyer
Battle of Lake KastoriaBattle of Lake KastoriaBattle at Lokvata and VinyariLokvata BattleKleisoura Battle, 1903Battle of Kleisoura PassBilishta Battle, 1903Bilishta Battle, 1903TiranaThessalonikiDurrësLarissaBitolaIoaninaKateriniKerkira100 km40.518N, 21.269E
Placed at its recorded location; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

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Battle of Lake Kastoria is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 493 in present-day Greece.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q27627948, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Lake Kastoria, revision 1381254223, 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.