“When the Greek mainland was overrun, the resistance was carried on from the islands. When the islands fell, resistance continued from Africa, from the seas, from anywhere the aggressor could be met.
To those who prefer to compromise, to follow a course of expediency, or to appease, or to count the cost, I say that Greece has set the example which every one of us must follow until the despoilers of freedom everywhere have been brought to their just doom.”
Franklin D. Roosevelt
“If the Russian people managed to raise resistance at the doors of Moscow, to halt and reverse the German torrent, they owe it to the Greek People, who delayed the German divisions during the time they could bring us to our knees.”
Georgy Constantinovich Zhoukov, Memoirs
“Until now we used to say that the Greeks fight like heroes. Now we shall say: heroes fight like Greeks.”
Winston Churchill
“Regardless of what the future historians shall say, what we can say now, is that Greece gave Mussolini an unforgettable lesson, that she was the motive for the revolution in Yugoslavia, that she held the Germans in the mainland and in Crete for six weeks, that she upset the chronological order of all German High Command’s plans and thus brought a general reversal of the entire course of the war.”
Robert Anthony Eden
Just goes to show you what a liberal, fiat and “give it away” Government can do to popular Greek heroics in only a few generations.
If they go bust – have to start over, they’ll be alright except for the facist elements who are like 15 year olds and know all there is to know about subjecting everyone to misery.
Don’t fret Greekamania – let’s just watch how long it takes for the tar and feathers to come out and run off the assholes, letting everyone else get on with it.
MA