Word: thermopylaean
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Dates: during 1947-1947
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...last long; when the anti-royalists became difficult, he permitted the late, pro-German John Metaxas to form an iron dictatorship which lasted till World War II. It was then that George had his moment of greatness. When the Greek people inspired the world by fighting against Italy with Thermopylaean courage, George found stirring words to lead them (before he had to flee the country): "All together, men, women, children of Hellas, rise up, clench your fists, stand at my side to defend the country . . . soldiers in the vanguard of that freedom which has sprung from the sacred bones...
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