When Greeks refused the Italian ultimatum of surrender on October 28, 1940, their nation stood…
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Greece in WWII
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On the early morning of Oct. 28, 1940, Greek leader Ioannis Metaxas faced a grim…
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Thousands of monuments dot Greece’s islands and mainland honoring those who paid the ultimate price…
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Today marks the 74th anniversary of a revolt by Jewish prisoners at Auschwitz-Birkenau in which…
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A 17-year-old boy named Mathios Potagas from the village of Vytina in the Arcadia province…
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On this day in 1941, the Nazi German army entered the Greek capital of Athens,…
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The invading Nazis faced resistance even before they landed on the island of Crete with…
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As Greeks, we were raised with the slogan “Freedom or Death” in our hearts and…
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Today, one of the worst atrocities in all of World War II history is remembered,…
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Just days after Italian forces invaded Greece in the early hours of Oct. 28, 1940,…