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Here are observations by some of the world leaders of the 1940s as the Greek army withstood the Italian and German forces as well as the armies of neighbouring Bulgaria and Albania. (By George encourages you to right-click on the memes, save and share via social media on October 28th.)<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cThe word heroism, I’m afraid, does not reflect in the least the Hellenes’ acts of self-sacrifice that were the defining factor of the victorious ending of all the nations’ common struggle during the 2nd WW for human freedom and dignity.” – Sir Winston Churchill<\/em><\/p>\n “If it were not for the bravery of the Hellenes and their courageous hearts, the ending of the 2nd WW would not have been clear.” – Sir Winston Churchill<\/em><\/p>\n “Until now we were saying that Hellenes fight like heroes. Now we will say: Heroes fight like Hellenes.” – Sir Winston Churchill<\/em><\/p>\n ‘The Hellenes\u201d in fighting against the common enemy will share with us in the prosperity of peace.” – Sir Winston Churchill<\/em><\/p>\n “As a matter of historical truth, I must ascertain that only the Hellenes, of all the adversaries that confronted me, fought with daring courage and the highest disregard to death… ” – Adolph Hitler<\/em><\/p>\n “I fail to give the most needed gratitude that I feel for the heroic resistance of the people and the leaders of Hellas.” – Charles DeGaulle<\/em><\/p>\n “Hellas is the symbol of martyric, enslaved, bleeding, but live Europe. \u00a0Never has a defeat been so honorable for those who underwent it.” – Maurice Schumann (French Minister of Foreign Affairs)<\/em><\/p>\n “I’m sad because I’m getting old and I will not live much longer to express my gratitude to the Hellenic people whose resistance deter\u00admined WW II.\u00a0 You fought unarmed and won, small against big… You gave us time to defend ourselves. As Russians and as fellow humans, we thank you.\u201d – Soviet Leader Josef Stalin<\/em><\/p>\n “If the Russian people man\u00adaged to raise resistance before the gates of Moscow, to contain and reverse the German hurricane, they owe it to the Hellenic people who delayed the German divisions that could have beaten us. The gigantic battle of Crete was the peak of the Hellenic contribution.\u201d – Georgy Joucov (Marshall of the Soviet Army)<\/em><\/p>\n “… the war in Greece proved that anything can be shattered, with respect to the military, and that sur\u00adprises always await us.” \u2013 Italian Prime Minister Benito Mousolini<\/em><\/p>\n “The great struggle of Hellas was the first big detour for the 2nd WW.” – King George VI<\/em><\/p>\n “It would not be an exaggeration to say that Hellas overturned all the German plans forcing Germany to delay for 6 weeks its attack on Russia. We ask ourselves what would have been the position of the Soviet Union without Hellas.” – Sir Harold Alexander (British Marshall)<\/em><\/p>\n “Regardless what historians will say in the future, what we can say now is that Hellas gave a memorable lesson to Mussolini, that she was the reason of the resistance in Yugoslavia, that she kept the Germans on the soil of Ipiros and Crete for 6 weeks, that she changed the chronological order of all of the German Major Generals’ plans and, thus, brought about a general alteration in the entire war’s journey and we won.” – Sir Robert Anthony Eden<\/em><\/p>\n “For Hellas there was granted a delay of 3 hours on the 28th of October 1940 so that she can decide on war or peace, but, even if a delay of 3 days or 3 weeks or 3 years was granted, the answer would have been the same.” \u2013 U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt<\/em><\/p>\n “The Hellenes have taught dignity throughout the centuries (history). When the entire world had lost all hope, the Hellenic people dared to doubt the German monster’s invincibility fighting back with the proud spirit of freedom.” \u2013 U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt<\/em><\/p>\n “The heroic struggle of the Greek people to defend their liberties and their homes against the aggression of Germany after they had so signally defeated the Italian attempt at invasion has stirred the hearts and aroused the sympathy of the whole American people.” – U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt to the AHEPA Supreme Lodge in 1941<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n (ed. – Click here to read more On the Order of AHEPA<\/a>.)<\/em><\/p>\n![\"oxi_wc\"](\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/OXI_wc.png\")
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