Ioannis Metaxas (12 April 1871 – 29 January 1941) was a Greek military officer and politician who was dictator of Greece from 1936 until his death in...
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Georges Metaxa (1899–1950), Romanian singer and actor Ioannis Metaxas (1871–1941), Greek general, prime minister and dictator Nemone Metaxas (born 1972)...
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4th of August Regime (redirect from Metaxas regime)
also known as the Metaxas regime (Καθεστώς Μεταξά, Kathestós Metaxá), was a fascist regime under the leadership of General Ioannis Metaxas that ruled the...
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Bulgarian invasion after the rearmament of Bulgaria. It was named after Ioannis Metaxas, then Prime Minister of Greece, and chiefly consists of tunnels that...
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Metaxism (category Ioannis Metaxas)
authoritarian, ultra-nationalist, and monarchist ideology associated with Ioannis Metaxas. It called for the regeneration of the Greek nation and the establishment...
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Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general and politician Ioannis Okkas, Cypriot football player Ioannis Pangas, Greek philanthropist and businessman Ioannis Paraskevopoulos...
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George II of Greece (section Metaxas dictatorship)
referendum, upon which he resumed his royal duties. The king supported Ioannis Metaxas' 1936 self-coup, which established an authoritarian, nationalist and...
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each year. Ohi Day commemorates the rejection by the Greek dictator Ioannis Metaxas of the ultimatum made by Italian dictator Benito Mussolini on 28 October...
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Freethinkers' Party (category Ioannis Metaxas)
Ελευθεροφρόνων) was a Greek nationalist and monarchist party founded and led by Ioannis Metaxas who was the Prime Minister and dictator of Greece from 1936 to 1941...
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Noemvriana (category Ioannis Metaxas)
growing movement amongst the low-rank officers within the army, led by Ioannis Metaxas and Sofoklis Dousmanis, were determined to oppose disarmament and any...
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developed in the army among lower officers, led by military officers Ioannis Metaxas and Sofoklis Dousmanis, determined to oppose disarmament and the surrender...
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the cession of Greek territory, which the Prime Minister of Greece, Ioannis Metaxas, rejected. Italy's invasion of Greece, launched with the divisions...
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its members have expressed admiration for the former Greek dictators Ioannis Metaxas of the 4th of August Regime (1936–1941) and Georgios Papadopoulos of...
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Violeta Loverdou and had three brothers, Anastasios, Paisios and Ioannis. Konstantinos Metaxas was his cousin. Although he did not receive any special education...
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in May. The road was now clear for Ioannis Metaxas, who had succeeded Demertzis as interim Prime Minister. Metaxas, a retired royalist general, believed...
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assumed this role on 29 January 1941, when his predecessor, the dictator Ioannis Metaxas died of throat cancer, during the Greco-Italian War. Prior to this...
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National Schism (category Ioannis Metaxas)
the Germanophile General Ioannis Metaxas. Knowing of the strong anti-Slavic racism held by the Emperor Wilhelm II, Metaxas argued that Germany was the...
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support Ioannis Metaxas' declaration of dictatorship on 4 August 1936. As head of the army and the palace's man, Papagos was a crucial figure in Metaxas' dictatorial...
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when democracy was abolished in Greece by the 4th of August Regime of Ioannis Metaxas. Rallis originally belonged to the Greek conservative and monarchist...
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Social Insurance Institute (category Ioannis Metaxas)
Panagiotis Kanellopoulos. A common myth in Greece is that it was created by the Metaxas regime (1936-1941), however in reality it was its function that began in...
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worked as party instructor in many areas of Greece. At the beginning of Ioannis Metaxas' dictatorship (the "4th of August Regime") he was exiled again to the...
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II, delivering Benito Mussolini's ultimatum to Greek prime minister Ioannis Metaxas on 28 October 1940. The refusal of Italian demands led to the beginning...
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Rebetiko (section Metaxas censorship, new directions)
a decade.[citation needed] In 1936, the 4th of August Regime under Ioannis Metaxas was established and with it, the onset of censorship. Some of the subject...
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served as an excuse for the establishment of the dictatorship of General Metaxás in the summer of 1936, which had to deal with the economic and social imbalances...
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German invasion of Greece (section Metaxas Line)
strategic mistake of not taking Malta. At the outbreak of World War II, Ioannis Metaxas—the fascist-style dictator of Greece and former general—sought to maintain...
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in May. The road was now clear for Ioannis Metaxas, who had succeeded Demertzis as interim prime minister. Metaxas, a retired royalist general, believed...
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named after and inspired by the 4th of August Regime of Prime Minister Ioannis Metaxas. On 24 February 1977, Aristotelis Kalentzis, a member of the party...
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staff was reorganized and supporters of the Crown Prince, including Ioannis Metaxas, were expelled. At the same time, a French army mission was called...
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philologist Aris Maliagros (1895–1984), actor Andreas Metaxas (1786–1860), politician Ioannis Metaxas (1871–1941), general, politician and dictator Constantine...
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Minor Catastrophe." In World War II, under the leadership of dictator Ioannis Metaxas, Greece rebuffed an ultimatum for surrender from Italy on October 28...
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