In this paper, Philip Carabott examines dominant visions of the past during the Metaxas regime of 1936-1940, drawing primarily on a range of sources including the writings of the dictator. Besides representing the Greek experience of the “age of dictatorships” […]
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The perceived militarism of ancient Spartan society had an obvious appeal for all fascist regimes including the Third Reich, but for Ioannis Metaxas and the Greek fascist regime it had a more intimate and deeper connection entrenched in blood and sentiment. In […]
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The regime of Metaxas (1936-1941) was a totalitarian regime with nationalistic and militaristic features. The purpose of this study is to collect and process data about the role of competitive sport and physical education in the regime of Metaxas. An […]
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In this new academic paper, Mogens Pelt, Associate Professor in International History at the Saxo Institute of the University of Copenhagen, reviews the establishment of the Metaxas dictatorship when the Greek king, George II, gave General Ioannis Metaxas carte blanche […]
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In this new academic paper, Keele University faculty member Aristotle Kallis argues that the 4th of August regime was a distinctly Greek facet of the more general ‘fascistisation’ of large sections of the interwar European right; an that as such, […]
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This article explores the relation between ideology, national identity and religion in the palingenetic discourse of the 4th of August regime in Greece, which was established by Metaxas in 1936through a coup d’etat. The paper “Fascism and Religion: The Metaxas Regime in Greece […]
Read more »In September 1936, both General Ioannis Metaxas and King George II declared it illegal for Greeks to intervene in the ongoing Spanish Civil War. This declaration included a prohibition on the exportation and re-exportation of munitions. Nonetheless, members of the […]
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The Greek communists called the Metaxas dictatorship “Monarchofascism”. Some authors deny the fascist character and describe it as a simple royal dictatorship with fascist leanings. On the other hand, German historian Heinz A. Richter thinks that the regime of the […]
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The 4th of August regime, from August 1936 to April 1941, is most often brought closer to the authoritarian and paternalistic model of Salazar’s Portugal – or Franco’s Spain- than to fascism or nazism stricly speaking. This article focuses on […]
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Σκοπός της εργασίας είναι η παρουσίαση των Μικροβιολογικών θεμάτων της Έκθεσης Υγιεινής Αθηνών του 1938. Οι ∆ιεθνείς και Εθνικές Εκθέσεις Υγιεινής κατά τον Μεσοπόλεμο ήταν μια προ- σπάθεια εκλαΐκευσης των ιατρικών γνώσεων με σκόπο την διαφύλαξη της ∆ημόσιας Υγείας. Το […]
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