Throughout the history of Greece, "OXI" (or "Ohi," meaning "No") was exclaimed to the enemy at various times, most famously on "OXI Day." It was on the lips of Leonidas when he faced the mighty Persian army in Thermopylae...
The honored Jewish-Greek army officer Mordechai Frizis was the first high-rank officer who fell in the Albanian front during the Greek-Italian War that started on October 28, 1940. From 1916 until his death in battle, Frizis fought in all...
On August 4, 1936, Greece entered one of the most controversial chapters in its modern history. With the support of King George II and citing political instability, Prime Minister Ioannis Metaxas suspended parliament, dissolved political parties, and established what...
On the night of June 6, 1933, former Greek prime minister Eleftherios Venizelos was targeted by an assassination attempt for the second time, but managed to escape.
The attempt was like something out of a movie, with a seven-kilometer (4.5...
"Oxi Day," on October 28th, is a Greek national holiday, but it's establishment as such is not without its share of criticism, as there are those who argue that it commemorates the country's entry into a war instead of...
It has been 80 years since the great "OXI!" Greek Prime Minister Ioannis Metaxas said to the fascist powers of Italy, yet the events of the days leading to October 28, 1940 are similar to today, as Greece says...
It was April 6, 1941 when armed forces from Germany launched a massive attack on Greece's northern border after the Italian army had earlier failed miserably in its attempt to invade Greece.
Adolf Hitler's original plan was to send his...
