battle, notable, interwar and Second World War

Battle of Thermopylae

Name: Battle of Thermopylae
Location: Thermopylae, Greece

Battle of Thermopylae was a battle fought in 1941 at Thermopylae, in what is now Greece. It was part of Battle of Greece. The recorded result: Inconclusive.

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Fought1941

WhereThermopylae, Greece38.796N, 22.537E

OutcomeInconclusive

BelligerentsNazi GermanyagainstAustralia; New Zealand; United Kingdom

Casualties and losses100 killed and wounded, and 15 tanks destroyed.andUnknown

Part ofBattle of Greece1941

Where it sits in Battle of Greece

6 placed engagements of Battle of Greece in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1941 (year precision) to 25 April 1941
Place	Thermopylae, Greece 38.796N, 22.537E
Kind	Battle, interwar and Second World War
Casualties and losses	100 killed and wounded, and 15 tanks destroyed.	Unknown

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Thermopylae 480 BC, 0.1 km S
Battle of Thermopylae 191 BC, 0.5 km NW
Battle of Scarpheia 146 BC, 1.2 km E
Battle of Thermopylae (254) AD 254, 2.5 km NE
Battle of Thermopylae 279 BCE 279 BC, 2.5 km NE

Contested ground: this site was fought over 7 times between 480 BC and 1941.

In the same war

After: Battle of Ptolemaida 13 April 1941
All 6 engagements of Battle of Greece

Elsewhere in 1941

Attack on Pearl Harbor United States
Siege of Leningrad Soviet Union
Battle of Moscow Soviet Union
Battle of Crete Greece
Battle of Kiev Ukraine

Battle of Thermopylae 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 Q704248, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Thermopylae (1941), revision 1384059150, 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.