The Greeks against the Axis forces

THis MOvie is gonna rock dude, Greeks and turks OWN ALL

Eh? So what?

Pictures of Modern day Greeks doing Nazi Salutes Modern Day???You are 65 years away.

Fascism never took root in the Meditteranean because of the exisiting socio/economic conditions. Furthermore, the idea of a "master" race is some what allien to the Balkans, an area where populations have historically been very mixed-up. There is rampant nationalism in the Balkans, very little fascism.
Metaxa's regime was somewhat artificial, it had the feeling that it was imposed from above. It tried to control the youth German-style but this failed because the Greek families were very tight knit, culturally distrusted the state. In invoking the glories of the ancient past, the regime only managed to make the terrible inadequacies and the horrific state of the economy more of a contrast.  It also considered the Church as a competitor for people's minds and  generally  tried  to impose an almost athaeistic society which further contrasted with the deeply religious nature of people in the countryside.

Any nationalistic idea is bound to attach to racial supremacy at some point: if you are so good to deserve to be above all, you have to be "special".  If you are special, you must allign with the masters, NS Germany. Modern Greek fascists are super-nationalistic elements which find the apparent admiration Hitler had for ancient Greek civilization as an invitation to join in.
Well, let me remind you that you're still too dark. You're  untermenchen, you fools. I wish now that I had told this to this New Democracy Youth guy in high school who carried around a photo of Hitler in his wallet. Hitler admired the ancients and respected the ruins of Parthenon by not bombing Athens but considered the Greeks of his day too mixed with subraces, too contaminated. I would also like to remind these folks that they would've ended up as slave labor in the factories of the Reich just like the Poles and the Russians, if not straight in the crematoria. And then, what an irony it would be for a greek to burn in an oven that derived its name so aptly from the Greco-Roman vocabulary...


Edited by konstantinius - 22-Oct-2006 at 21:23

What is your opinion if we had joined the axis forces?

Originally posted by Earl Aster Did Metaxas and the Forth of August regime do any war crimes such as Ethnic cleansing?

The Hellenic Royal Army had  ,in fact, much more problems in the mountais than the Italian Army.They did not have the same means of transport,in fact they did not posses any kind of  modern means of transport except from donkeys,their artillery was 20 years old,their rifles were of the same chronology while the Air Force did not have more than 78 military aircraft,many of whom also pretty old.Also,Hellens did  know the Hellenic mountains,but not the Southern Albanian mountains where they advanced after their large counter-attack.

Also,the Adriatic Sea is not the Atlantic!Hell,it was more  easy for Italians to support their troops in the nearby Albania than supporting their troops in Africa.

When the Germans attacked,the Hellenic Royal Army was overstreched and very tired from all those months of fighting in the winter.In fact,many of the heavy artillery of the Rupel fortress were transported to Albania in order to support the Hellenic troops fighting there.So,we cannot possibly know what would happen if the Germans attacked first,thus facing a full strength and rested Hellenic Royal Army.

Originally posted by Βο ]What is your opinion if we had joined the axis forces?

Originally posted by Βο ]yes,we were on the side of allies with so many victims and sacrifies and we gained nothing but some island such as Rodos..

Originally posted by Βο      yes,we were on the side of allies with so many victims and sacrifies and we gained nothing but some island such as Rodos..

What else do you want?Isn't the independence the most important thing.