On this day in 1940: The Italians torpedo the cruiser "Elli" in the port of Tinostranslated

In June 1940, in World War II, Italy belonged to the Axis Powers. Dictator Benito Mussolini wanted to revive the greatness of the Roman Empire. After the conquest of Libya, Ethiopia and Albania, the next target was Greece. The movement in mid-August of strong Italian forces towards the Greek border revealed his intentions, which he began to carry out by carrying out small-scale attacks on Greek ports and ships, culminating in the torpedoing of the "Ellis".

At 06:30 on 12 July, three Italian bombers bombed and machine-gunned the Hellenic Navy's lighthouse service auxiliary ship Orion while resupplying the Gramvousa lighthouse in Kissamos Bay in western Crete.

The same planes then attacked the destroyer "Hydra", which had been ordered to rush to the aid of the above ship.

At 06:50 on July 30, an Italian plane, coming from the Dodecanese and flying over the Gulf of Corinth, dropped four bombs against the Greek destroyers "Vassilevs...