Greek And Proud - At 3 a.m. on the morning of October 28th, 1940, Emanuele Grazzi, the Italian ambassador to Greece, delivered an ultimatum from Benito Mussolini to Prime Minister Ioannis Metaxas.
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Sometimes a nation has to fight to stay great, even if it is hopeless, just because it is necessary to do it." -Ioannis Metaxas - )
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The visionaire speech of Metaxas to the chief editors of the Greek newspapers on October, 30th, 1940 | Metaxas Project
Operation Antioch - OXI DAY - On October 28, 1940 Italian ambassador Emanuele Grazzi presented Greek Prime Minister Ioannis Metaxas an ultimatum, to allow Axis forces to occupy “strategic locations” within Greek
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