Happy Oxi Day!
The title of this post is actually translated, "Anniversary of The No." It's the annual celebration of the defiance the Greeks showed the invading Italians in 1940. When the Italian ambassador told the Greek Prime Minister, Metaxas if Greece didn't allow Italy to occupy portions of Greece it would mean an invasion and war. Would he allow the occupation? He said, "No!"
This was certainly a proud day for Greece, for standing up in that moment and for backing it up with more resistance than Italy could handle. Italy got so deep in trouble that they needed to be bailed out by Germany.
Germany found Greece no easy task either. Hitler said, "For the sake of historical truth I must verify that only the Greeks, of all the adversaries who confronted us, fought with bold courage and highest disregard of death.. "
Churchill said, "Hence we will not say that Greeks fight like heroes, but that heroes fight like Greeks."
I won't quote that rat bastard Stalin.
Georgy Constantinovich Zhoucov, Marshal of the Soviet Army said, "If the Russian people managed to raise resistance at the doors of Moscow, to halt and reverse the German torrent, they owe it to the Greek People, who delayed the German divisions during the time they could bring us to our knees."
FDR said, "On the 28th of October 1940 Greece was given a deadline of three hours to decide on war or peace but even if a three day or three week or three year were given, the response would have been the same."
The Greeks resisted for 219 days against Italy and then Germany. That's longer than Poland and France combined. I will admit that Germany was kind of concentrating on Poland and France a bit more, but still.
Greeks should be proud of this historical day and use that pride and spirit to guide and embolden them in the future!
The title of this post is actually translated, "Anniversary of The No." It's the annual celebration of the defiance the Greeks showed the invading Italians in 1940. When the Italian ambassador told the Greek Prime Minister, Metaxas if Greece didn't allow Italy to occupy portions of Greece it would mean an invasion and war. Would he allow the occupation? He said, "No!"
This was certainly a proud day for Greece, for standing up in that moment and for backing it up with more resistance than Italy could handle. Italy got so deep in trouble that they needed to be bailed out by Germany.
Germany found Greece no easy task either. Hitler said, "For the sake of historical truth I must verify that only the Greeks, of all the adversaries who confronted us, fought with bold courage and highest disregard of death.. "
Churchill said, "Hence we will not say that Greeks fight like heroes, but that heroes fight like Greeks."
I won't quote that rat bastard Stalin.
Georgy Constantinovich Zhoucov, Marshal of the Soviet Army said, "If the Russian people managed to raise resistance at the doors of Moscow, to halt and reverse the German torrent, they owe it to the Greek People, who delayed the German divisions during the time they could bring us to our knees."
FDR said, "On the 28th of October 1940 Greece was given a deadline of three hours to decide on war or peace but even if a three day or three week or three year were given, the response would have been the same."
The Greeks resisted for 219 days against Italy and then Germany. That's longer than Poland and France combined. I will admit that Germany was kind of concentrating on Poland and France a bit more, but still.
Greeks should be proud of this historical day and use that pride and spirit to guide and embolden them in the future!
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