#ZETO E #ELLAS #OXI #FN #NO !!!!!!!!! #METAXAS #OXIDAY #Zouvelos #ΓιώργοςΖούβελος #Ζούβελος #BailBoss Ohi Day (also spelled Ochi Day, Greek: Επέτειος του « #Οχι»[ needs IPA] Epeteios tou Ohi, Anniversary of the No) is celebrated throughout Greece, Cyprus and the Greek communities around the world on October 28 each year, to commemorate the rejection by Greek Prime Minister Ioannis Metaxas (in power from August 4, 1936, until January 29, 1941) of the ultimatum made by Italian dictator Benito Mussolini on October 28, 1940. This ultimatum, which was presented to Metaxas by the Italian ambassador to Greece, Emanuele Grazzi (fr), on October 28, 1940, at dawn (04:00 am), after a party in the German embassy in Athens, demanded that Greece allow Axis forces to enter Greek territory and occupy certain unspecified strategic locations or otherwise face war. It was allegedly answered with a single laconic word: όχι (No!) However, his actual reply was, Alors, cest la guerre (Then it is war).[citation needed] In response to Metaxass refusal, Italian troops stationed in Albania, then an Italian protectorate, attacked the Greek border at 05:30 am—the beginning of Greeces participation in World War II (see Greco-Italian War and the Battle of Greece).
Posted on: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 15:20:38 +0000