This is a short story about Metaxas from an American magazine for children after WW2: Here is another something that actually happened. There was a man named Metaxas. He was the dictator of Greece right around the time of the beginning of the Second World War. This man was a pilot as well as being [...]

Written by lgazissax “Metaxas? They make good brandy,” Joel (who lived for six months in Greece) jokes, when I tell him one of my co-bloggers has asked what Greeks today think of Metaxas, the dictator who ruled Greece during the late 30s. In fact, I’m hard pressed to say what Greeks think of Metaxas now. [...]

By Margaret Poulos Until we secure mothers of conscience for Greece, we must emphasise the family order . . . . As the family is the basic cell of every society, mothers also constitute the primary foundation of society. (Neolaia, July 1937) The compounded impact of the economic and political crises of the interwar period undermined in a fundamental [...]

DIMITRA KOKKINIDOU AND MARIANNA NIKOLAIDOU This article is part of a paper examining the interplay between archaeology and dictatorship in the context of the Greek experience. This particular part is related to the period of fascism in Greece (1936-1941). The picture of Greece in the inter-war years was one of military movements, successive general elections, [...]

John Metaxas was born in Ithaca at April 12, 1871. His family roots refer in Byzantium. For more than 500 years, the Metaxas family offered warriors, diplomats, politicians, thinking men, revolutionists and clerics. The head of the Metaxas family was Marcos Antonios, who was advisor and co-warrior of the Emperor Constantinos Palaiologos. In 1879 the [...]

On January 29, 1941 one of Modern Hellas’ greatest leaders, Ioannis Metaxas, passed away. Born on the island of Ithaki (Ithaca) on the 12 of April 1871, Metaxas was a student at the Military Academy in Athens from 1885 to 1889. He fought in the Turkish War of 1897 under the leadership of Crown Prince [...]

From Time magazine, Feb. 10, 1941 In Belgrade last fortnight a German medical specialist boarded a fast Greek military plane for Athens. The chief surgeon of the British Mediterranean Fleet was rushing simultaneously in the same direction. Both were bound for the bedside of Greece’s Premier, General John Metaxas. Both arrived too late. Only after [...]

By Professor Cristian Muntianu The ending of ’30 years represented for Europe and for the world the outbreak of the Second World War. In this study, I’ll approach the diplomatic actions of Greece and Romania. I’ll try a critical exam of Romanian Foreign Policy, the links with Balkan Entente and, not least, the position of [...]

From Wikipedia John Metaxas (Greek Ιωάννης Μεταξάς, April 12, 1871 – January 29, 1941) was a Greek General and the Prime Minister of Greece from 1936 until his death. Born in Ithaca, John Metaxas was a career soldier, first seeing action in 1897 fighting the Turkish army in the Thessalian campaign. Following studies in Germany, [...]

The Epic Victory by Greece-Its Significance 65 Years Later Parallels Ancient Salamis For The Civilized World by Peter N. Yiannos {Stated sadly and bitterly during the Nuremberg trials after WWII, by Hitler ‘s dejected Chief of Staff Field Marshall Keitel: “The unbelievable strong resistance of the Greeks delayed by two or more vital months the [...]