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Italian Ultimatum Rejected

Greece · Government / Government of Greece. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1940Date range
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Chronological records

1940

Ioannis Metaxas28 October 1940

Athens · Government / Government of Greece

Metaxas rejects Italy's ultimatum and Greece enters the Second World War.

Names involved

Ioannis Metaxas

Provenance

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