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Thursday, September 19, 2013

Greece profile

1936 - General Metaxas appointed prime minister, establishes right-wing dictatorship. 1940 - Mussolini's forces attack Greece from Italian-held Albania, but are repelled. 1941 - Metaxas dies. Greece falls to Germany. More than 100,000 die in famine.

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