After Metaxas’ death in late January 1941, the former Alexandros Koryzis, Governor of the National Bank of Greece and a former Minister of Social Welfare in the 4th of August’s cabinet, was sworn as Metaxas’ successor. He pledged himself to […]
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These are a number of scanned pages from the book “Enas Xronos Dimiourgikon Mochthon” (Ενας Χρονος Δημιουργικον Μοχθον), “One Year of Creative Hard Work”, published in Athens in 1937 by the usual Ekdoseis Ethnikis Etairias. It celebrated the Metaxas’ regime first […]
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Metaxas’ ghost still haunts many in Greece. His historiography is often plagued by partisan politics and interpretations, which do not contribute to the true grasp of his personality and his regime. In this context, the following article about Metaxas and […]
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One of the most remarked features of the Metaxas regime was that the 4th of August state, unlike Nazi Germany or Italian Fascism, Greek fascism did not have a mass party. Indeed, while many interwar authoritarian or totalitarian regimes were supported by strong […]
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The political differences between Metaxas and Venizelos dominated the Greek political scene and divided Greece for nearly thirty years. The contrast in the personality of the two men couldn’t be starker. Venizelos was mercurial, charismatic, clannish, tribal, imperious and autocratic. Possessing […]
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Just because it has been published it does not mean that it’s worthy. That might be the case of “Authoritarianism in Greece: The Metaxas Regime” (New York: Columbia University Press. 1983. Pp. 192), by John V. Kofas. I once read […]
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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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