To fully understand the quote, though, it’s necessary to start further back, in the hours before the invasion and fighting began.
Adolf Hitler himself, as Chancellor of Germany and leader of the Axis Powers, had no intention of invading Greece.
The German invasionEven though Greece had defied the odds and beaten the Italians when no one thought they could, they wouldn’t be able to defeat the combined Italian and German forces.
Join us on Twitter and FacebookOxi Day celebrates the path of bravery, unity, and freedom over the path of fascism, tyranny, and lies.
Most of all, Oxi Day is a day that celebrates sacrifice of the highest order by the Greek people during WWII, and all those who fought in Greece alongside them.
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