During the German occupation of Greece, 700 Germans disembarked in the northern part of Lemnos (April 25, 1941) and proceeded to Myrina. A detachment of 20 Greek gendarmes, led by Lieutenant Colonel Giannopoulos, had been ordered to resist and set an ambush at the 7th kilometer from Myrina at the “Therma” location. They shot and

In 511 BC. the Persians with their fleet occupied Lemnos. In 479 BC. the Athenians completely destroyed the Persian fleet and immediately occupied Lemnos again. This time they brought Athenian citizens who settled on Lemnos permanently. A few years later these Athenian settlers commissioned Pheidias (the best sculptor at that time) to sculpture the famous