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  Ioannis Metaxas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ioannis Metaxas (Greek Ιωάννης Μεταξάς, April 12, 1871 - January 29, 1941) was a Greek General and the Prime Minister of Greece from 1936 until his death.
Born in Ithaca, Metaxas was a career soldier, first seeing action in 1897 fighting the Turkish army in the Thessalian campaign.
Metaxas died in Athens on January 29 of a phlegmon of the pharynx which subsequently led to uncurable toxaemia.
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 First World War.com - Who's Who - Joannis Metaxas
Joannis Metaxas (1871-1941) was King Constantine's army Deputy Chief of Staff in 1914, and agitated from the first for a formal alliance with the Central Powers, with his resolutely pro-German stance earning him favour (and influence) at court.
Metaxas was commissioned into the Greek army in 1890 and spent time studying at Berlin's Military Academy prior to service during the Balkan Wars of 1912-13.
Metaxas was himself subsequently despatched to serve in the decided backwater of a training post in 1916, although he subsequently played a key role in the formation of pro-royal paramilitary groups in Macedonia.
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 Joannis Metaxas
Ioannis Metaxas (April 12, 1871 - January 29, 1941) was a Greek soldier and the dictatorial leader of Greece from 1936 until his death.
Patterning his regime on other authoritarian European governments he banned political parties, arrested his opponents (around 15,000 Greeks were imprisoned or exiled for political offences by the Metaxas regime), criminalized strikes and introduced widespread censorship of the media.
Metaxas died in Athens on January 29 and was succeeded by Alexandros Koryzis[?].
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 Metaxas Ioannis
AIoannis Metaxas was born in Ithaca, Greece, on 12th April, 1871.
Metaxas, a supporter of the pro-German King Constantine I, opposed intervention in the war.
Metaxas was appointed prime minister in April 1936.
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 World Homes Network - Greece
Venizélos, Kondylis, and Tsaldaris all died in 1936, and Gen Joannis Metaxas became premier.
Metaxas established a dictatorship; parliament was dissolved and political parties suppressed, and in 1938 he was made premier for life.
A treaty was signed with Turkey to last for ten years, under which each country undertook to remain neutral if one of them were attacked, while each would prevent the transport of troops or munitions through its territory to any state attacking either of them.
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Who's Who: Joannis Metaxas Updated - Sunday, 14 April, 2002 Joannis Metaxas (1871-1941) was King Constantine' s army Deputy Chief of Staff in 1914, and agitated from the first for a formal.
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the answer of the Greek dictator (in power from August 4, 1936 until January 29, 1941), Ioannis Metaxas, to the Italian ultimatum which asked Greece to allow Italian forces to use the land of Greece for...
Ioannis Metaxas This ultimatum, which was presented to Metaxas by the Italian ambassador in Greece, Grachi, on the...
Ioannis Metaxas slumbered fitfully in his armchair that fateful morning of 28 October 1940.
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 George II of Greece
He succeeded to the throne after his father's abdication in 1922, but was deposed two years later by a military junta.
Greece was a republic from May 1924 until November 1935 when General Joannis Metaxas, head of the
Fearing the growth of the Communist Party in Greece, George gave his approval to Metaxas closing down parliament in August 1936, and establishing a fascist
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 History of Greece - FreeEncyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Greece's entry into World War II was precipitated by the Italian invasion on October 28, 1940.
That date is celebrated in Greece by the one-word reply -- ochi ("no") --symbolizing Prime Minister Joannis Metaxas's rejection of the surrender demand made by Mussolini.
Despite Italian superiority in numbers and equipment, determined Greek defenders drove the invaders back into Albania.
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 Paradox Interactive Forums - 1914-1924 'British interests; British honour; British obligations'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The king was also impressed by Grey’s pledge to transfer Anatolian territory to Greek control in the event of victory, but was still unenthused at the prospect of having to go to war with his relative, the Kaiser.
Furthermore, General Joannis Metaxas, the acting Chief of the General Staff, a pro-German officer, announced his opinion that it Greece would not be able to properly administer her newly won territory in Anatolia in the event of victory, and that she should remain neutral instead.
Venizelos was fully aware that in the event of war with Turkey, that part of the Greek Army would be sent by the British in an invasion of the Dardanelles, and used his sacking of Metaxas as a message of intent.
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