Scans of Agrotikon Mellon (Αγροτικών Μέλλον)
Scans from one 1939 issue of Agrotikon Mellon (Αγροτικών Μέλλον), a newspaper issued by the 4th of August state for agricultural matters.
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Sitsa Karaïskaki [Σίτσα Καραϊσκάκη]
Sitsa Karaïskaki was one of the main propagandists in the 4th of August State. Born in 1902, in 1926 she went to Germany, where she studied Philosophy at the University of Munich, eventually gaining her doctorate. She was in Germany […]
Read more »Danza de la Muerte: Greek Arms Dealing in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939
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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To Neon Kratos
“To Neon Kratos” (“The New State”) was the semi-official ideological journal of the 4th of August State, through which the regime tried to promote the ideas of its intellectuals on politics, social philosophy, history and art (plastic arts, music, theatre, literature). The […]
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The defence strategy of the Metaxas regime: Armed neutrality
The policies of the 4th of August regime aimed to stabilize Greece and to protect the state from internal and external threats. Though Metaxas pursued a foreign policy of neutrality, he realized that, given Greece’s strategic position, neutrality would be […]
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Scans of a book by Spyros Linardatos
Scans of a book by the Kefalonian-born journalist, writer and historian Spyros Linardatos (Σπύρος Λιναρδάτος). A conscious leftist, he wrote several books about the 4th of August regime.
Read more »Ioannis Diakos
Ioannis Diakos [Ιωάννης Διάκος] was the private secretary and personal aide of Metaxas. A former journalist-publicist, he was the director of the “Efimeridos ton Ellinon” (“Newspaper of the Greeks”), which was an organ of the Union of Royalists. His relationship with […]
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Metaxas’ quotes on the importance of sports
“When you make your body robust, don’t forget that your soul will also become robust” “The bases for the reform of the New Greek Generation: I want one Youth: Healthy, Strong and Athletic” “Greek traditional sport will become one of […]
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