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"Hence we will not say that Greeks fight like heroes, but that heroes fight like Greeks." - Winston Churchill
I mean, the whole idea of a "hero" originated in Greece.
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The story in short:
In WW2 the italian dictator Mussolini tought he could take greece because it was so devided.
He could not.
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Perfect!
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Hello! I am Greek it sounds like you know the basics of this song now, but I will give you some personal flair. Thank you for being interested in our history. It is the greatest honor you can give to a Greek and make them love you LOL!
Here in Greece (Hellas, in our language) I've always been told we have a curse. We have been defending our lands for around 1,000s of years. We were enslaved and geocided by the Ottoman Empire (Turkish) for 400 years, with small wars before and after. So in 1821, we have our independence war from the Ottomans, just like this music it was a war with the cards stacked against us, but we united the countries around us, and even places like Egypt to overthrow them. There is also the Balkan wars in which we try to push out the Ottomans father and take back our homeland.
Fast forward 50~ years, we are in WWII we are barely a country, we haven't built up at all, we just have the "Spirt of the Spartans" and God going for us, The Axis invades us (mainly Italy and Albania) the country that just got its independence and is just growing. Imagine your parents telling you, ANNOYING you, how they your grandparents your great-grandparents have fought so hard for you to live in your own country. Then you get invaded. Its your turn for the curse. EVERYONE fought. Eventually the whole Germany Nazi party must come through to Hellas to put us down, Halting their entire campaign for 2 months~, giving time for the Russians to fully prepare.
(One of the toughest battles in the war has happened in the "731 hill" it was named after it's height 731 meters, it was in a strategic point of great importance and it has been a primary target for Italian offensive since the beginning. The Greek officer who was appointed for it's defence Lt D. Kaslas had given only one order. "No one moves from his position ,the enemy will only pass if even the last one of us fall". The hill was crumbled by Italian airforce and artillery for more than 6 days.... after the war the height of the hill was measured 726... 5 meters shorter was the result of fierce bombardment... the enemy never passed the line...)
(Greece was the only country whose captured soldiers didn't go to Germany to work in labour camps during WWII because after Germany conquered Greece the resistance continued in such a large scale that the German government was afraid that if they did bring Greeks they would create a large scale revolution inside Germany)
Adolf Hitler:
"For the sake of historical truth I must verify that only the Greeks, of all the adversaries who confronted us, fought with bold courage and highest disregard of death.. " (From speech he delivered to Reichstag on 4 May 1941)
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Wiston Churchhill:
"Hence, we will not say that Greeks fight like heroes, but that heroes fight like Greeks.”
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Georgy Zhoucov:
"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.
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"Hand over your arms - Xerxes I
Molon Labe! (Come take them!) - King Leonidas
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Surrender your city to me by the name of Allah" - Mehmed II
"To surrender the city to you is beyond my authority or anyone else's who lives in it, for all of us, after taking the mutual decision, shall die of our own free will without trying to save our lives" - Constantine XI
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"Greece must allow Italian forces to occupy strategic locations in northwestern Greece along the border with Albania or else Italy would invade and occupy them" - Benito Mussolini
"Then it is war!" - Ioannis Metaxas
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Philip of Macedonia in a message to Sparta: "You are advised to submit loyalty to me without delay, for IF I bring my army into your land, I will destroy your farms, slay your people and raze your cities."
Sparta's reply: "If."
We have defended Western civilization since men could write, we have never surrendered, it truly isn't in our blood. Ελευθερία ή θάνατος! (Freedom or death!) Ζητώ η Ελλαδα! (Long live Hellas!)
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My history nerd brain almost popped at the phrase" Greece is in italy"
LMAO i realize the error of my ways lmao! 🤘🤘🤘🤘
Science.
Sameee
Well partly history mostly geography
731 hill in Greco Italian war, mostly
Greetings from Serbia to our Greek brothers , Orthodox for ever !
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Ну привет Братушки) Османы никогда больше не будут править Балканами, никто!
И даже НАТО)
@@КонстантинГоломозов Mi braca zauvijek ;)
The victory of Greece over Italy was the first (on land) victory of the Allied forces and it boosted the moral of the Allies. Until then they thought that the axis forces were unstoppable and could not be defeated. The "tiny" Greece showed to the world that this is not true. It is a real David against Goliath story.
tomorrow in Greece we celebrate no day October 28th (we celebrate the fact that we didn't let the Italians take over the country just saying no and the Italians never occupied Greece)
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Hey, on my birthday!
@@tvaettis0653 happy birthday
the_ airplane_guy thanks! Got myself a sabaton hat!
No day proven my deed... 🇬🇷🇬🇷
you need to react to Sabaton Cliffs of Gallipoli, they said in an interview that this song took the longest to write, it's an amazing song and really tugs at the heartstrings
I will have to redo it, its no longer up in other places it was.
The song is taking about the Italian invasion of Greece during ww2.
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An invasion where the fascists of avant-garde air force and weaponry, while by far outnumbering the enemy, got demeaned by a bunch of shabby shepherds and agricultures, who had far less and obsolete equipment. How did this happen? Well, the defenders' will to protect their families and homeland was much stronger than the conqueror's will to dominate. Shows how the spirit and mind can stand superior to numbers and technological advancements.
"greece was in italy correct?"
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Italy and greece are different countries
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To be fair though, both were part of the Roman Empire. Or, as someone else put it...
"Mussolini invaded Greece in order to restore the Roman Empire. He forgot Greeks were Romans longer than Italians were."
@@StergiosMekras Greeks were not Romans longer than Italians... where the f* people get that stupid idea? Greeks had their own Culture way before Romans even developed one, starting in neolithic age and throughout bronze age Romans were a culure that emerged primarily during Iron age. At a point past Classical period when city states got united into one empire by Alexander as well he conquered Egypt, Persia and reached almost up to India and Afganistan before he died Hellenistic age happened where his empire got divided into big kingdoms by his generals dynasties.
Then when they more weakened and Rome emerged conquered all of them but in return that contact they came with a more developed culture affected them by becoming culturaly infatuated with Greece to the point of rich people having their kids learn Greek so they can study Greek written works as well adopting Greek arts and even Greek gods.
Later Byzanz happened when Roman emperor Constantine decided move capital from Rome to a new city he build namely Constantinople to break up corruption, so Roman empire got divided later to west and east (with Greece being part of eastern.
Then Turks conquered Byzanz and after roughly 400 years occupation Greek revolted andgot free during 19th century Then at a time at 1940 Mussolini wanted bully Greece into becoming a protectorate sorta as well give Italy free pass Greek dictator at the time was Metaxas who basicaly refused that ultimatum knowing full well he would be kicked from power very fast by Greeks if he accepted. Greeks who were kinda divided in their pro regime and anti regime sides united in face of war and fought in north west Greece and Albanian ground kicking Italian asses until Germans mixed in it.
P.S. Granted there were Greek colonies all over Italian peninsula both Athenean and Spartan ones and Peloponnesian war between both city-states spilled over there during Classical era but Rome per se was never a Greek colony.
It is about "Italian resistance"... American educational system don't ever change on us!
@@StergiosMekras Funny actual history is that Greeks were Romans 1000 years more than the Romans by hellenized and establised the Byzantine Empire or eastern Roman empire
Just look the history of a COUNTRY called Greece! You know 300 spartans, Great Alexander , Byzantine Empire
It's about the Greco-italian war during WW2-1941. The first win of allied forces against the Axis. 164 days before finally submitting.
Obliged German troops to move away from the Russian front and attacking Greece. Greece with their Serbian brothers in arms battled against 4 enemies (Italy, Germany, Bulgaria and Albania)
Thanks for sharing the fire on this cold day! Also requesting Seven Pillars of Wisdom by sabaton again, just to be a pain. :)
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oh yeah thats one of my favorites by them
Yep, simply amazing
The official music video for "Seven pillars of wisdom" is awesome! It's like a movie (in the Sahara desert this time... ) 🤘
FOR THE GLORY OF HELLAS !!!!!
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Sabaton recently released an animated video for the song, Night Witches, about a Russian all-woman bomber squadron. You guys should check it out, if you haven't already
It's about the 1940s Italian invasion of greece
References are to Leaonidas (king of sparta). 300 Spartans thermopulae...probably most known battle in history of few against many ;)
It is about Italy trying to subjugate Greece at the outbreak of WW2. The Greeks (and British) took a huge toll of the Italians before they were defeated, bringing back images of Leonidas and the 300.
I thought it was in italy! Thank you.
Not to mention they also stopped the German&Italian attack at the Hot Gates/Thermopulai...
@@v3tReacts and when he says Leonidas images doesnt exaggerate... from a documentary i 've watched...the start was nasty af...there was a place called hillock 731 that cost Italians heavily during operation Primavera because Greeks had machine guns placed and the Greek commander there a colonel named Koslas had been a vet of Asia Minor campaign who had been caught imprisoned tortured and starved by Turks as P.O.W and had been almost blind from hunger when he had made it back... so in this fight he had issued a command that nobody retreats and if anyone turns his back on enemy will be shot. First day they stopped 5 attacks and kept so high the carnage that Italians had started break badly even though Mussolini was on a hill on the other side and kept throwing them platoons on them 5 days later they had been kinda bewildered that they had not taken an inch of ground while had so many losses. Basically some surviving vets said among others that the machinegun barells were glowing red from overheating and had to remove them and piss on them to cool them before reseting them and also that it looked like the Italian generals were more ... the desk job type or the parlor type and not seen action much and also that Italian troops were kinda untrained it seemed in close quarter combat with bayonets so when it came to it and they they came close they were not much use and suffered a lot more losses as well many broke up and surrendered crying for mercy to the point they had 2000 Italians surrender on 1 day. Also when some Brittish planes showed up and started hit Mussolini's observation point he had to scatter for a bunker. Later Italians called the gorge next to 731 Gorge of Death
the british troops were also egyption and australian colonists the men sent were the egyption garison plus some australians
There were no British soldiers at all on Greek soil before 1941 and the Italian invasion started at 1940
The Greco-Italian war opposed Italy and Greece from the 28th of October 1940 until the 23rd of April 1941. The campaign’s objective was to establish a Greek puppet state which would allow the Italian annexation of the Ionian, Sporades and the Cyclades islands. On the 28th of October, the Italian forces invaded Greece in several columns coming from Albania. On the 3rd November, the Italian spearhead was surrounded from all sides and reinforcements were unable to reach the cut-off Italian forces. The Italian defeat was followed by the Greek counter offensive which ended on the 6th of April 1941 was called the first “first axis setback of the entire war” by Mark Mazower. After reinforcing the front to 28 divisions, the Italians conducted a spring offensive in 1941 which also failed. During the Battle of Greece, Greek and British forces in northern Greece were overwhelmed by the Germans, which advanced rapidly into Greece. The Italian army suffered more than 154’000 casualties and the Greek army suffered about 90’000 losses.
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Greece was in Italy right? Wow.
You should really react to ”Reign of terror” with Sabaton!
I’m 200% sure you’re gonna love it!!!
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Italian invasion of Greece in ww2. Epic failure on the part of the Italians. Greece held out until they we invaded by nazi Germany later in the war
Yea it seemed it from the sound of it!
They weren't just holding out, they were pushing the Italians back for a while, only held back by lack of firearms and supply, which they ended up getting from Britain.
@@selonianth we drove them back just by taking their arms . At a point we even sunk a warship outside an Italian port. The moral was so high a song was written about raising a Greek flag in Rome . Then Nazi forces arrived and boom . We lost
@@dimitrisalexiou4412 britains involvment forced germanies hand britain used athens to send bombers to romania attacking germanies oil suply damaging their tank strategy so they couldnt invade rusia they needed to secure romanian oil and push the allies back out of the bulkans so they could focus on rusia
italy attacking greece opened up new fronts and destroyed the german suply line
Gear video keep it up
Enjoyed watching you guys SABATON videos this evening. Can't really go wrong with any of SABATON's songs but I think you guys would really enjoy any one of my 5 favorites: 1) Ghost Division 2)Attack of the Dead Men 3) Winged Hussars 4) Fields of Verdun 5) 82nd All the Way. As a bonus if you really want something to contemplate about check out the song Price of a Mile.
In History there is probably not another nation that glorifies the beginning of a war with a national holiday (28th of October), not the end of it.
Actually we glorified the beginning of a war twice, 28th of October that being the war with the Italians thus Hellas entered the WW2 and 25th of March The celebration of the Hellenic Revolution of 1821 against the ottoman empire.
If you haven't already reacted to it, check out Sabaton, "Attack of the Dead Men."
The battle on hill 731!
Guys...To Hell and Back! This theme is close for you, i think.
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Need to react to Sabaton 82nd all the way. Its about Sgt. York
Little cheat sheet, the official videos and some lyric videos have the background information in the description
Greece is not in italy it's it's own nation and always has been this is about the Greek army pushing back the Italian army in ww2
This actual event happened tommorrow 80 years ago in Greece. When the people of Greece so NO! They drove the Italians out of their land!
pure coincidence too
another great react ❤ you guys are so much fun sabaton-last dying breath (serbian lyrics) my suggestion (again) 😅 I can't be the only one who likes this song LOL
i will check it out 🤘🤘
Im here V3T Ready to Rock out
Welcome
Still here V3t
hell yea
kiiinda what you said...but inverted....the italians tried to take grecce..they first asked and got "οχι" meaning no....so then the war started an greece manged to defeat italy and humiliate in a way
From what i've read a long time ago, greece was the country that lasted the longest agaisn't the germans
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I think you'll find that the British were
@@richardwest6358 The UK wasn't invaded. Greece lasted 219 days while the second to first, Norway, lasted 61 days.
One only number 731
You should react to Wolfpack by sabaton
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Yall should do 40:1 you might give back2school a minor heart attack lol
Hello guys, thanks for a great reaction as always, like you to check out Wintersun Sons of Winter and Stars ( Live rehearsel Sonic Pump Studios ) 14 minutes song from a great finnish metal band with Kai from nightwish on drums. I always feel like captain Ahab chasing his white whale with this song, absolute masterpiece.
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Check out sabaton winter war, song and history video!!! Cool reactions
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Winged Hussars next
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The backstory is about the battle of Thermopylae in August or September 480 BC when Greece was invaded by the Persians, the Greek army was 7000 men strong, the Persian was 100.000 to 150.000.
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What are talking about?
It is about the Greek resistance in world War 2 against the Italians.
@@glaurung8644 I think he means the backstory as far as the references about Leonidas and Spartans are concerned
LOL....Greece resisting the Italians ;)
You really need to do Last Dying Breath
added to my growing list gonna have to have a day of just Sabaton
Were has wickster been?
wickster has been doing his own thing, he found the right priorities he said.
You should react to Caroleans Prayer
This will explain the story in the video better:
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Beats any history lesson.
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italian resistance ???????🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍👍
Did Wickster die or something?
No wickster been doing his own thing and gotta keep the show going!