The Turks have been here. All is bleak, in ruin.
Chios, isle of wines, is now a darkened reef
Chios, cradled by green branches,
Chios, where curling waves mirror soft hills, forests, palaces, and, on certain nights⬇️
All is desert. But no, near a blackened wall sits a Greek child, a blue-eyed boy, alone and bending his head in shame.
For safety, for support, he has but a
single wrecked hawthorn bush, forgotten like him in this forgotten, wasted corner.
Oh poor child, barefoot on these sharp-edged rocks!
Oh to stop the crying of your blue eyes, blue like the sky and like the sea, so that in their shine the light of laughter and joy might evaporate this storm of tears;
1️⃣Thread: 28 October 1940 #Greece#Cyprus and Greek communities all over the world celebrate OXI Day (Ohi-NO day)the rejection by Greek Prime Minister Ioannis Metaxas of the ultimatum made by Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, the Hellenic counterattack against the invading ..
2️⃣..Italian forces and the Greek Resistance during the Axis occupation.
This ultimatum was presented to Metaxas by the Italian ambassador to Greece, Emanuele Grazzi, shortly after 03:00 am which demanded Greece allow Axis forces to enter Greek territory and occupy..
3️⃣..certain "strategic locations" or otherwise face war. Metaxas reply was, “Alors, c’est la guerre!” (Then it is war!)
On the morning of 28 October, the Greek population took to the streets, irrespective of political affiliation, shouting 'ohi'. From 1942, it was celebrated ..