Complete the sentence about Georgios Grivas with the correct year: When the Greco-Italian War broke out, Grivas was deployed to the Albanian front in December ______, and served as Chief of Staff of the 2nd Division.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. 1940
Georgios Grivas was a Greek Cypriot army officer and later the founder of EOKA. When the Greco-Italian War broke out, he was sent to the Albanian front in December 1940 and served as Chief of Staff of the 2nd Division. Afterwards, under German-Italian-Bulgarian occupation, he led the guerrilla Organisation X.
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