Ioannis Metaxas (Greek: Ιωάννης Μεταξάς; 12 April 1871 – 29 January 1941) was a Greek military officer and politician who was dictator of Greece from...
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4th of August Regime (redirect from Metaxas regime)
known as the Metaxas regime (Καθεστώς Μεταξά, Kathestós Metaxá), was a dictatorial regime under the leadership of General Ioannis Metaxas that ruled the...
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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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Metaxism (category Ioannis Metaxas)
authoritarian, ultra-nationalist, and monarchist ideology associated with Ioannis Metaxas.[page needed] It called for the regeneration of the Greek nation and...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general and politician Ioannis Okkas, Cypriot football player Ioannis Pangas, Greek philanthropist and businessman Ioannis Paraskevopoulos...
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1869 – Henri Désiré Landru, French serial killer (d. 1922) 1871 – Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general and politician, 130th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1941)...
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German invasion of Greece (section Metaxas Line)
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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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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as Franco called for a struggle with "Bolshevist totalitarianism." Ioannis Metaxas, the leader of the 4th of August Regime in Greece which took some inspiration...
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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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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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anti-communist character has been liked to that of the interwar dictatorship of Ioannis Metaxas, leading to many scholars describing the regime as fascistic. Throughout...
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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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overthrow the dictatorship of Ioannis Metaxas. The uprising of 1938 was the only armed insurrection against the dictatorship of Metaxas and broke out on 28 July...
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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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National Schism (category Ioannis Metaxas)
was the Germanophile General Ioannis Metaxas. Knowing of the strong anti-Slavic racism held by Emperor Wilhelm II, Metaxas argued that Germany was the...
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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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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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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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Members of the National Organisation of Youth (EON) hail in presence of Ioannis Metaxas during the 4th of August Regime. Georgios Grivas, Greek nationalist...
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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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