Word: greeke
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Joint Effort, derides was far less sanguine. He observed that Turkey was continuing to land reinforcements on the island in violation of the ceasefire. The landings must stop and the Greek territory be returned, he warned, before a new peace could really take effect. Otherwise, he said, "time is running out. It will be with the greatest reluctance that I will appear before the Greek people of Cyprus to invite them to fight to the last...
...Greek delegation was headed by the new Foreign Minister, George Mavros, who brought three demands: an effective ceasefire, law and order on the island and withdrawal of all "foreign troops," meaning the whole Turkish invasion force and a few hundred regular Greek officers. Turkey seemed in no mood for conciliation. Said Günes: "A cease-fire alone does not equal a solution for Cyprus. We do not want a return to the status quo existing before the coup." With neither side seemingly willing to make concessions, Britain's Foreign Secretary James Callaghan attempted to find a compromise...
...first wave of the Turkish invasion force to taled 8,000 men in three brigades, equipped with TOW missiles, armored personnel carriers and tanks. They were backed by jets that dominated the sky and naval forces that protected them with offshore shelling. Ranged against them were nearly 15,000 Greek Cypriot troops, plus a Greek Cypriot reserve force that came into battle dressed in everything from blue jeans to World War II helmets and armed with anything from shotguns to ancient bolt-action Lee-Enfield rifles. The reserves, like the regulars, fought with verve and frequent gallantry. Near the coastal...
...hours before the cease-fire went into effect. One heavily struck area was the city's famed Golden Mile, a chain of beach hotels. The last of the foreign tourists were still being evacuated when the afternoon strikes took place. In a first aid center near the beach, Greek volunteers flattened themselves on the floor. Young women bravely, if thinly, sang a song of the Greek underground that has as its theme the old Spartan saying about coming home carrying one's shield or on it. When the planes pulled up and headed back to Turkey, the waterfront...
Marmon and Rubinger were among the hundreds of foreigners rescued from the resort by British ships. By then, Turkish soldiers were in control of Kyrenia, formerly a Greek Cypriot enclave...