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Before the OXI: How Mussolini Misjudged Greece in 1940
Two weeks before invading Greece, Mussolini heard warnings about insufficient troops and difficult terrain. Italian records also reveal plans to manufacture a pretext for war.
OXI Day 1940: Arrests in Rhodes, Volunteers in Athens
When Italy invaded Greece, hundreds of Greek nationals were detained in Rhodes. On the mainland, Dodecanesians classified as Italian nationals risked imprisonment for treason by volunteering for the Greek Army.
Theodoros Papakostas Revisits ‘The Other Half’ of Ancient Greece
The Archaeostoryteller’s latest book traces the Greek cities of southern Italy and Sicily, presenting Magna Graecia as a central part of the ancient Greek world.
Greek Institute of Venice Begins Major Digitization of Historic Greek Archives
A major project is digitizing centuries of archives from the Greek community of Venice, opening an important part of diaspora history to wider public access.
Venice: Modern Greece’s First Diaspora
Diaspora is a Greek word, connoting a dispersion of seed or people. It is quite appropriate, as Greeks from time immemorial have left their shores. Greeks in America or Australia are part of a long…
