JONIAN ISLANDS 500 Drachmae 1942 Julius Caesar Extra Fine

On the morning of April 28, 1941, five Z 506 seaplanes under the command of Colonel Grande transported a unit to the island and after skilful negotiations managed to obtain the surrender of an entire Greek regiment which was garrisoning the island.
The Italian occupation of Greece (1941-43), The occupation of Greece was the result of the Italian choice to attack the Mediterranean country on October 28, 1940 to break what Mussolini called the "encirclement" of Italy by the powers plutocratic.​