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The Women of Pindus and their great contribution to the Greco-Italian War (1940–1941)

Accounts from soldiers, journalists, Red Cross volunteers, and others on the immense help provided by the women of Pindus to the Greeks fighting the Italians in the rugged mountains of Epirus

Sargeant Dimitrios Itsios: The story of a modern Greek Hero – The Battle of the Metaxas Line (photos)

He was killed on April 6th 1941 - The "Metaxas Line" legacy

The death (or murder?) of Ioannis Metaxas

Why did Churchill want to overthrow Metaxas? - The dinner with the English & the onset of the illness - Details from the days he remained bedridden - The mysterious Ioannis Diakos - The Austrian doctor who never came to Greece & the autopsy on the body

February 21, 1913: The unknown facts of Ioannina’s liberation

Was lieutenant general Sapountzakis incompetent? – The protocol of the city's surrender to Ioannis Metaxas and Xenophon Stratigos – How Venizelos and Constantine barely escaped a shell at the last moment

April 6th 1941: Germany invades Greece

The Nazi invasion of the Balkans

Historic city of Ioannina celebrates anniversary of Ottoman liberation

Its liberation followed the battle of Bizani, where a strong fortress guarded the roads to Ioannina

OXI Day: The day Greece defied the fascism!

Metaxas delivered an unequivocal response “Then, it is war”!

“Faces of War. Greece 1940-1944: From Occupation to Liberation”, commemorating “OXI Day” at the Consulate General of Greece in New York

The original, unpublished photographs are from the archives of the Greek Secretariat General for Media & Communications & the Greek National Broadcaster ERT

The photos from the military parade in Thessaloniki! (VIDEOS-PHOTOS)

Celebrating the Greek National Anniversary that marks the day Greece entered WWII