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Oct 28, 2023 · OXI Day commemorates refusal to allow Italian troops into Greece. But little did he know that Greek Prime Minister Ioannis Metaxas had been well prepared for the inevitable. He had fortified Greece’s borders in the north and knew that the Italians would have a hard time fighting on the natural border of the high mountains of Epirus.
Oct 29, 2021 · The history of Ioannis Metaxas (Prime Minister of Greece 1871-1941) and the Greek OXI. The absolute brilliance of Ioannis Metaxas undoubtedly left its mark in Greek history when on October 28th, 1940, he refused to surrender the country to the Italian forces.
Oct 28, 2022 · At 3am on Monday, October 28, 1940, Italian ambassador to Greece, Emanuele Grazzi, delivered to Greece an ultimatum made by Italian dictator, Benito Mussolini. Greek Prime Minister, Ioannis Metaxas (with glasses), rejected the Italian ultimatum.
Oct 27, 2015 · Few great moments of Greece’s history are so well documented as the defiant “OXI” Prime Minister Ioannis Metaxas told the Italian Ambassador in Athens Emanuele Grazzi at three o’clock in the morning of October 28, 1940.
Oct 26, 2023 · On October 28, 1940, Greece’s Prime Minister, Ioannis Metaxas, was awakened at his residence at 3 a.m. and given an ultimatum by the Italian ambassador to Greece, Emanuele Grazzi: either let the...
Oct 28, 2015 · There was a moment in 1940 when that word — expressed with vigor and indignation by Greek Prime Minister Ioannis Metaxas — gave hope to a world that appeared to be giving in to the aggression of Germans, who were intent on military conquest.
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28th October 1940 - "OXI" Day. Premier General Ioannis Metaxas rejected an Italian ultimatum demanding the occupation of Greek territory, Italian forces invade Greece. ( 28η Οκτωβρίου 1940) Nov. 04, 1940 GREECE: Land of Invasion. Nov. 04, 1940 BALKAN THEATRE: Shots at Corizza.
