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Ioannis Metaxas
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1940
October
28
Key event
Italy attacks Greece
At 3 a.m. on 28 October 1940 Metaxas rejected the Italian ultimatum. At dawn Mussolini’s troops advanced from Albania into Greece.
1941
January
29
The death of Ioannis Metaxas
On 29 January 1941 Ioannis Metaxas, dictator of Greece since 1936, died in Kifisia. King George II appointed the banker Alexandros Koryzis prime minister.