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
Noemvriana
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The Noemvriana was an armed confrontation in Athens in December 1916 between the Kingdom of Greece and the Allied Powers, arising from a dispute over Greece's neutrality in World War I, followed by re
Bird's eye view of Athens and its suburbs during the Noemvriana clashes, published by The Sphere in December 1916
King Constantine I dressed as a German field marshal. His German sympathies caused him to favor a course of neutrality in the First World War.
The "Triumvirate of National Defence": (L-R) Admiral Kountouriotis, Venizelos, and General Danglis
French Vice Admiral Louis Dartige du Fournet