FTHIOTIDA - CENTRAL GREECE, AUG.-SEPT. 2018 #1145A ΦΘΙΩΤΙΔΑ, ΑΥΓ.-ΣΕΠΤ. 2018
Taken on September 2, 2018, during a 3 day photographic trip to the Prefecture of FTHIOTIDA - ΦΘΙΩΤΙΔΑ central Greece with my wife Theresa Jane Brown.
THE GORGOPOTAMOS RIVER - ΓΟΡΓΟΠΟΤΑΜΟΣ
The bridge over the river was built in 1905, putting the Gorgopotamos village on the map for the strategic purpose the bridge played during World War II. The name of Gorgopotamos became famous during World War II, when 150 Greek partisans, following plans drawn by E. C. W. "Eddie" Myers and assisted by a group of British SOE officers, which included C.M. Woodhouse, blew up the railroad bridge over the Gorgopotamos river on November 25, 1942 as part of Operation Harling and cut off the enemy-controlled route between Thessaloniki and Athens. The blast ruined two of the six piers of the bridge. In an act of reprisals, the German occupation forces executed 16 Greek locals. The area around the bridge has been designated a national monument.
After World War II and the Greek Civil War, the bridge of Gorgopotamos was partially rebuilt, the piers being replaced with steel pylons.
Thanassis Fournarakos - Θανάσης Φουρναράκος
Professional Photographer, Athens, Greece
(retired in 2011, born in 1946).
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None of my images may be downloaded, copied, reproduced, manipulated or used on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit written permission. THANK YOU!
FTHIOTIDA - CENTRAL GREECE, AUG.-SEPT. 2018 #1145A ΦΘΙΩΤΙΔΑ, ΑΥΓ.-ΣΕΠΤ. 2018
Taken on September 2, 2018, during a 3 day photographic trip to the Prefecture of FTHIOTIDA - ΦΘΙΩΤΙΔΑ central Greece with my wife Theresa Jane Brown.
THE GORGOPOTAMOS RIVER - ΓΟΡΓΟΠΟΤΑΜΟΣ
The bridge over the river was built in 1905, putting the Gorgopotamos village on the map for the strategic purpose the bridge played during World War II. The name of Gorgopotamos became famous during World War II, when 150 Greek partisans, following plans drawn by E. C. W. "Eddie" Myers and assisted by a group of British SOE officers, which included C.M. Woodhouse, blew up the railroad bridge over the Gorgopotamos river on November 25, 1942 as part of Operation Harling and cut off the enemy-controlled route between Thessaloniki and Athens. The blast ruined two of the six piers of the bridge. In an act of reprisals, the German occupation forces executed 16 Greek locals. The area around the bridge has been designated a national monument.
After World War II and the Greek Civil War, the bridge of Gorgopotamos was partially rebuilt, the piers being replaced with steel pylons.
Thanassis Fournarakos - Θανάσης Φουρναράκος
Professional Photographer, Athens, Greece
(retired in 2011, born in 1946).
© ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
None of my images may be downloaded, copied, reproduced, manipulated or used on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit written permission. THANK YOU!