Ioannis Metaxas
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Ioannis Metaxas was a Greek military officer and politician who was the dictator of Greece from 1936 until his death in 1941. He governed constitutionally for the first four months of his tenure, and
Metaxas in 1937
Metaxas as a child with his parents
Greek lithograph during the Balkan Wars depicting Metaxas (at the back of the table) with King Constantine, PM Venizelos and other officers at the HQs of the Army.
Metaxas with other political opponents of Venizelos go in exile, summer 1917
George II of Greece
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George II was King of Greece from 27 September 1922 until 25 March 1924, and again from 25 November 1935 until his death on 1 April 1947.
Ioannis Metaxas
…constitutionally for the first four months of his tenure, and thereafter as the strongman leader of the 4th of August Regime, following his appointment by King George II. Born to an aristocratic family in Ithaca, Metaxas took part in the Greco-Turkish War of 1897 and the Balkan Wars (1912–13), and quickly rose through…
George II, c. 1942
George (lower right) with his parents and younger brother, 1894
George in Prussian uniform, 1914
Arrival of Crown Prince George in Smyrna (İzmir), 1921