A riot breaks out in Athens during the Nazi occupation for Macedonia. Public Domain Greeks have a passionate love affair with Macedonia, and even during the darkest hour of modern Greek history during the brutal occupation of the Nazis they were prepared to give their lives for keeping the province Greek. On 22 July 1943 a massive protest took place in Axis-occupied Athens against the German plans to expand the Bulgarian occupation zone in Macedonia. Early in July 1943, Adolf Hitler asked the Bulgarian government to extend its occupation zone to encompass additional territory in Greece. Bulgarian soldiers pose at...