Ioannis Metaxas was bothered by the question of succession and to this extent his so-called Last Political Will and Testament, To Politevma tou Ioannou Metaxa (The Political Regime of Ioannis Metaxas), setting out the general outline of a future constitution […]
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The following are speeches from Ioannis Metaxas, taken from recorded sources: «May God perserve Greece and guard the Race» «We must subordinate our appettites, our passions and our egoism to the wholeness of the National interest. This way we […]
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19 October 1939 “It is important to us here in Greece, and we are not particularly interested what other societies and foreign countries think of it. Here it is simply linked to the very existence and survival of Greek society. […]
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Taken from Ioannis Metaxas’ diary. It concerns the official proclamation of the Regime of the Fourth of August 1936: To the Greek People, While the Parliament elected after the long domestic adventures of the Nation in January 1936, in order […]
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Taken from the statements of Ioannis Metaxas when he himself took over the Ministry of Education (29 November 1938) […] I expect from all the teaching staff undivided assistance. I want to tell you about a trait of my character, […]
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Excerpts of a speech by Ioannis Metaxas at the First Congress of the Regional Commanders of the EON. Concering the organization’s objectives: “What are the aims of the organization? King! (Tempest of applause, acclamations and manifesations of all types) King! Country! […]
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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 but grown in Kefalonia, John Metaxas was a career soldier, first […]
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One of the main symbols of the Fourth of August regime was the labrys. The labrys is the double-headed axe, known to the Classical Greeks and to modern Greek speakers as pelekys (πέλεκυς). Metaxas chose the labrys as one of the […]
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During the interwar years fascist tendencies had been manifested in various ways in Greece and admiration had been repeatedly expressed for the Italian and German systems, all the more as these seemed to possess precisely what Greece was most lacking: […]
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The National Tourist Organization also started a publicity campaign about the beauty of nature in Greece whilst in 1933 a new law (5181) regulated the operation of hotels and introduced the idea of listing them by rank of comfort. In […]
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