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    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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    Metaxas regime (Καθεστώς Μεταξά, Kathestós Metaxá), was an authoritarian absolute monarchist regime under the leadership of General Ioannis Metaxas that...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    Metaxism (category Ioannis Metaxas)
    Μεταξισμός) is a Greek authoritarian, 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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    leadership of Ioannis Metaxas. Plans were laid down for the reorganization of the Greek armed forces, including building the "Metaxas Line'", a defensive...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    Tupi people, meaning "you are my brother". In Greece in 1936, when Ioannis Metaxas and his 4th of August Regime took power, an almost identical salute...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    Eurosceptic political party which praises the Greek former prime minister Ioannis Metaxas of the 4th of August Regime. During the COVID-19 pandemic, ELAM gained...
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    historical Metaxas family, which originated in Constantinople and moved to Kefalonia in the 15th century. He was the second son of Petros Metaxas and Violeta...
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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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    presented Metaxas with a three-hour ultimatum, demanding free passage for troops to occupy unspecified "strategic sites" within Greek territory. Metaxas rejected...
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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    1936–1941: A Political Biography of General Ioannis Metaxas. Routledge. ISBN 9781134729333. Petrakis, Marina (2006). Metaxas Myth: Dictatorship and Propaganda in...
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    monarchy, he was again exiled in 1938 by the Greek royalist dictator Ioannis Metaxas. Following the Axis occupation of Greece in the Second World War, he...
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    was arrested and jailed in the Akronauplia prison (Nauplion) by the Ioannis Metaxas regime in the 1930s and transferred to the Germans after the Axis occupation...
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  • were banned following their occupations by Germany. Prime Minister Ioannis Metaxas banned all political parties in 1936. Golden Dawn was ruled as a criminal...
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