biography
pronunciation:
[metaksas]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1871–1941)
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| biography:
| General and dictator of Greece (1936–41), born in Ithaka. He fought against the Turks in 1897, studied military science in Germany, and in 1913 became chief of the general staff. On the fall of Constantine I in 1917 he fled to Italy, but returned with him in 1921. In 1935 he became deputy prime minister, and as premier in 1936 established a Fascist dictatorship. He led the resistance to the Italian invasion of Greece in 1940, and remained in office until his death. |
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