Inside Fascist Greece (1936-1941) The Metaxas Regime

Inside Fascist Greece (1936-1941) The Metaxas Regime


Inside Fascist Greece (1936-1941) The Metaxas Regime (Fourth of August regime). Priminister I. Metaxas and his regime that drew its ideals from the ancient Greek civilization, prepared Greece physicaly, mentaly, and psychologicaly for the 28th of October 1940 and WWII. Quotes from Priminister Ioannis Metaxas 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 will be a really free people, otherwise anarchy and indiscipline will reign over us under the false mask of freedom» «Heroes never die; instead they fall, and the soil, by drinking their blood borns them again..."» «The time has come for Greece to fight for her independence. Greeks, we now must prove worthy of our ancestors and the freedom they gave us. Fight for the Fatherland, for your wifes, for your children and for the sacred traditions. Now, above all, FIGHT!» "I believe it is impossible to make progress under the parliamentary system», 18 Feb, 1927 In an interesting Epilogue to his series of articles Metaxas wrote on 23 January 1935: "Venizelos and i invited you to look backwards to the past. Now i urge you to look forward to the future; and since you cannot live without ideals, the only suitable ideal is that of the Hellenic Idea. The Great idea (I Megali Idea) itself did not fail; only the attempt at its territorial ...

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