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28 OCTOBER 1940
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A few words about 28 October 1940

• The Second World War broke out in 1939 during a
  time that Greece was trying to act peacefully,
  and had decided to not take part in the war. In
  1940 though, Italy's dictator Mussolini, tried in
  several ways to fight against our country. On
  August 15th 1940, an important Greek Orthodox
  holiday, an Italian submarine shot a torpedo
  inside the island's harbour and shot one of the
  Greek ships.

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AT THE WAR
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IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STORY

• The governing body of Metaxa, which had just come
  into office, pretended that they did not
  recognize who had done this, even though they
  did, in order to avoid any form of battle. The
  Italians continued their attacks in Greece, and
  war began to seem inevitable. Even so, Greece did
  not move its forces along its borders, for good
  reasons. Mussolini though was determined and he
  wanted to take over Greece. Therefore, on the
  night of the 28th of October, the Italian
  ambassador to Athens, Gratsi went to the home of
  the president I. Metaxa, woke him up and asked
  for free entrance of the Italian forces on to
  Greece. He immediately gave a negative reply, and
  with him the Hellenic people answered "oxi". The
  war began, the sirens sound, the enemy planes
  flew over the skies of Greece, and the Italian
  army was on Greek land

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• The Greeks fought long and hard for their
  country. They fought throughout the cold winter
  in Albania. The Greeks never gave up , but
  Mussolini, having seen their determination, asked
  for Hitler's help. The Greeks in turn, fighting
  with the English by their side, had more triumphs
  to write of at the El Alamein, and Rimini.

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In memory of those who fought for our freedom

• The day of freedom came in October of 1944. Since
  then we have always thought back to this day and
  commemorated I. Metaxas for his bravery and
  conviction in the face of the Italian enemy, and
  the strong support of the Greek people with their
  shouts of "oxi" to the invaders.1
• 28th of October is a national holiday. On its
  anniversary Greek people dont work and schools
  are closed. There are school parades locally and
  a big military parade in Thesaloniki.

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This project was made by
DimitrisGalanakis Stathis Handerai