Wednesday, October 27, 2010

70th Anniversary of OXI Day on October 28th


On October 28th, Greece, Cyprus and other Greek communities worldwide will be celebrating what is known as Greek OXI day. Every year Greeks have celebrated this event since 1940 when the day was founded. OXI day is a Greek national holiday in Greece.


The national holiday was established in 1940 when the Italian Ambassador asked the Greek Prime Minister to have Italian soldiers based in Greece. Prime Minister Ioannis Metaxas refused the Italian’s request, much to the Ambassadors surprise.

The Greek army went on to fight the Italians out of Greece. Even though they had little ammunition and very few bullets the Greek defeated the invaders.

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