#oxi day

[uss-edsall]

At 3 a.m. on the morning of October 28th, 1940, Emanuele Grazzi, the Italian ambassador to Greece, delivered an ultimatum from Benito Mussolini to Prime Minister Ioannis Metaxas. Il Duce demanded that Metaxas allow the Italian army free passage to enter and occupy strategic sites in Greece unopposed. Faced with this demand, Metaxas delivered an unequivocal response in French, the diplomatic language of the day, “Alors, c’est la guerre.” This brief phrase, “Then, it is war,” was quickly transmuted into the laconic “Oxi,” the Greek for no, by the citizens of Athens. At 5:30 a.m., before the ultimatum had even expired, the Italian army poured over the Greek-Albanian border into the mountainous Pindos region of Northern Greece. There they met fierce and unexpected resistance.

Within six months, Ioannis Metaxas would be dead; his successor, Alexandros Koryzis would commit suicide; Mussolini would be humiliated; and the Germans would raise the swastika over the Acropolis.

[alatismeni-theitsa]

This is the story of how a small nation played a decisive role in the Axis Powers' defeat.

The Greek victory against the Italians was the first official victory against the Axis,. It shattered the myth of the invincibility of the Axis, as mentioned in the video.

When Greece said No, the entire European continent was under the Axis control and London was getting bombed by the Luftwaffe. The USA were not yet in the war, and the USSR had agreed with the Nazis to invade Poland. Greece was fighting alone.

Greece was exhausted from continuous wars since 1897, and yet it was the only country in WW2 that fought at the same time with four enemies (Germany, Italy, Bulgaria, and Albania).

This small nation had only two tanks and practically no airforce.

Mussolini thought conquering Greece was a matter of days.

However, the Greek army delayed the German invasion of the USSR for about 2 months. By then, winter in the USSR had settled for good, which played a major role in the defeat of the Germans.

Everyone fought because they knew the country was doomed if the Axis forces won. Women climbed the mountains (Pindos) on foot into the snow to bring food, blankets and ammunition, and, afterwards, brought the wounded soldiers back down. The resilience of Greek women was commemorated in songs, as well as the bravery of fighters on the Pindos mountains.

Let us also salute the brave British, New Zealander, and Australian people who fought with the Greek troops and died for Greece in both the mainland and Crete. It's scary to thing what Europe would be today had the Axis Powers won. You're all heroes.

[eleni-cherie]

"Oxi Day" is always a great reminder that greek prime ministers / politicians used to actually have a spine and courage back in the day, contrary to the idiots running the show the past 40 years.

and what people don't realise is, if Metaxas didn't say "No" (actually "then, this is war") to Italy when they demanded for him to let them envade Greece and if greeks didn't push Italians all the way back to Albania, forcing Hitler to come rescue Italy's ass, he wouldn't have had to postpone his attack on the soviets & might've succeeded invading the UdSSR, changing the whole outcome of World War 2.

like, you're welcome world 🙃 and how do y'all thank us? by appropriating our mythology & being buddies w the nation who enslaved us for 400 years. not to forget fcking USA and whoever else mingling in our politics and enabling these clowns who ruin the country for 40 years now.

[greconinja]

Happy Oxi Day! Happy 28th of October to all Greeks out there!

[cypr24]

Polacy na paradzie Όχι

[toxintouch]

apéritif - an alcoholic beverage usually served before a meal to stimulate the appetite, it is usually dry or acidic rather than sweet. The word comes from the Latin aperire, "to open". ✦Vere x Oracle MC. ("They" Pronouns, no other identifiers used.) A little spice, but nothing above a T Rating. Other warnings? Joyful overuse of dashes & en-dashes. ✧𓁺 What, pray tell, can an Oracle offer a god? <- Previous: Deicide (both can be read completely separate) ✦Read on AO3

VERE: Apéritif

The alleyways are eerily silent. Absent is the telltale shuffling of human gangs awaiting unknowing stragglers, the skittering of Soulless and the fluttering whispers of many still worse horrors. All silent — silenced.  Quieted by the apex predator.  Such lower beings are easily subdued, hunger and greed and blood lust waylaid by want of self preservation.  Only the sound of their own breathing singing off the stone walls greets them as they tear down Eridia’s winding streets.

Their feet ache with every bound and twist, tendons protesting each abrupt turn, each sudden swerve.  Their survival hinges on their ability to remain unpredictable: their ability to foresee and adapt.  Their foe is faster, stronger.  He knows every inch of the city.  Their only chance is to anticipate him, steal seconds from the future and hope that mere seconds are enough.

Their mind swims, vision a blur of colors and noise – not just from lack of oxygen but from the strain of forcing their powers to the limit.  Tracing the hum of danger: barely visible, shadow-fast, oppressive—

The world spins and slows.  They hold tight to their adrenaline, fighting to stay just one step–only half a step, now–ahead.  They struggle harder; fight to pinpoint the immediate threat instead of finding themself lost in the tide of beating hearts and ticking clocks,  a single drop of water hitting the surface of a vast expanse of red...  Fluttering feathers and a sound too acerbic and pervasive to be music, a single solitary note: screeching, sorrowful and

Hot breath at the nape of their neck;

 a salivating, gaping maw.

They gasp, breath fleeing their hollow chest.  It echoes back to them, bouncing unnaturally off the wide streets of the Amaryllis District like a taunt.  They’re too open, they realize – exposed.  A scurrying prey animal, small thing that he gazes upon from—

They turn down the length of an alleyway lined in red lanterns and they feel him looming closer, stalking the spaces in between flickers of lamplight.

His eyes, glowing–from the right–an imprint of a future they can find behind their eyelids.

So they turn left, shadows passing over them as they fit into the narrow space between two buildings.  It’s a risk, but it’s all they have left.

The cramped space is more an alcove than a passageway, but they can feel—if not see—an exit.  

They force their breath down their throat, inching quietly, feeling along the walls with bandaged hands, grounding themself to this place and time, asking the city to open its hidden doors for them.

Five more steps and they find themselves deposited at an impasse.

The alcove widens into a four way split.  North, south, east and west.

They freeze, rabbit hearted.  Their shoes stutter an awful protest as they jerk towards one direction, then the other, searching through possibilities in their mind.  Each path is screaming danger–no viable future–no possible escape–  

But they were so certain, they know they felt…

Too late.

Too long spent debating, making an unwinnable choice, pursuing once last empty gamble.

The shadows flicker and blur, dancing and boiling.  The deafening silence is severed, sliced through by fiendish fox laughter.  Animal cackling juxtaposed against their panting breaths, a discordant melody.

Adrenaline rushes them, hot in their bloodstream, beckoning their feet forwards for one last sprint.

He's on them all at once.

Vicious.  All teeth and heat and bite, devouring their air and their struggle in one fell swoop.  He swallows their gasping breath, tongue scalding against their night chilled lips as he chases the remnants of a scream.

His body is between their knees, arms around the back of their thighs, claws digging into supple flesh, lifting them.  Their back meets the wall as he presses them into it, his dangerous mouth descending.

It’s like being consumed.  Heat and haze and ravenous gluttony.  Each kiss bleeds into the next, teeth at their throat when they have to catch their breath, searing marks into their skin—a deliberately bestowed collar, something to match his own.   Clever lips—clever tongue.

The adrenaline in their blood twists, dips lower and settles in their core.  Their lips part around a pitchy, desperate little noise that makes him chuckle.

They laugh back, arching their back to luxuriate in the feeling of him thrumming against them like a second pulse.  There’s hedonism and revelry in this game of theirs—a dizzying concoction that mixes with the instinctual fear.  Kerosene pouring down their throat, stoking the flames of some heretofore hidden appetite.

He swallows their screams and their laughter the same.  Ravenous.  Savoring.  

A little blood, a little death.  Satisfaction for an instinct they can’t quite find the flavor of.

"Hmmm, you certainly are much more fun to chase these days."  He hums.  It's as close to a genuine compliment as they've come to expect from Vere.  “You work on that stamina a little more and you might even start to satisfy me.”  They huff, hands scrabbling at the wall for leverage – leverage; the word presses itself into their mind, insistent – and he watches them with eyes narrowed in amusement as they wrap their calves around his body and sink their teeth into his lip.

Repayment in kind.

(They wonder if it will be enough.)

[sluttery-withoutshame]

Eric, I hope somehow the universe will tell you how much I love you.

Enough love to do this.

(Apologies, I didn’t realise when I took the photo I was flashing some side boob, Eric Singer-style. I was too busy focusing on the tattoo!)

Fuck, it hurt. I hope he fucking appreciates what I just went through!

[lobotomy-lady]

stoners (in legal areas) & alcoholics are so privileged among addicts it's such bullshit government favoritism I should be able to go to the store & purchase opanas as easily as I could buy whiskey or weed. I hate you

[10hourshift]

Day 5: polyship

Love these sillies

This is basically what's going on

Some extra details

Oxy is always trying to look cool for Deuz (in the way little boys try to show off how fast they run to impress their crush), and doing stuff for him. Deuz has noticed but still can't figure out why he does all of this*

Deuz and Maggie have been friends even before the other two joined them. They're the two friends that survive a lot of friend groups breakups. And because of this, they have been a support for each other in different ways**

Oxy and Maggie became friends since the first day of school, ever since they have been growing closer and closer

*Deuz has a bunch of stuff going on in his life, and also has a "normal" amount of self image issues to be worrying about who likes him or not

*Maggie is trans

A version without bg bc i messed up but still looks cool ig

[mayhemlovesenvy]

"Me drawing Barbie for a whole week until her birthday (oct 29th)" COMIC EDITION 💥💥 💥💥 💥💥 💥

ENGLISH VERSION UNDER THE CUT ALL THE WAY DOWN

Day six and day one for the EPIC CROSSOVER WITH FHS EVENT WEEK: FAMILY <3

OUGHHH sufrí pero todo por mi beba (y por ustedes animales q traducir en dos idiomas y en los dos formatos me cansa)

Ejem ejem siuuuu 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 leannn

*sigh* quedó culero hagan zoom para que la calidad no parezca una kk

De todos modos, formato página para .... bsky supongo idk ya no sé nada

ENGLISH:

[xbasement-baitx]

Besties I have the best friends🥺

[oxygen-stealer]

If anyone's going to Twin Cities Con come say hi I'll be Bill Cipher on Saturday I'll give you some deer teeth :3

[alatismeni-theitsa]

Armenians marching on Oxi Day! 🇦🇲🇬🇷

[boneheadboner]

[greconinja]

Happy Oxi Day! On this day, the 28th of October 1940, we celebrate and commemorate the morning that the Italian occupation started after the conversation the Greek Dicator Ioannis Metaxas had with the Italian Ambassador Emanuele Grazzi the night prior. On the morning eve of 28th of October at 02:45 am Ambassador Grazzi visited the Metaxas estate with orders from the Italian Dictator Benito Mussolini. According to Ambassador Grazzi, Dictator Mussolini wanted Greece and from Dicator Metaxas to take a neutral position in the, then current conflict known now as World War 2, allowing Italians to take over key points of Greece within its terrain that would benefit the Italian forces in the war and for Greece essentially to be under Italian occupation. The whole ordeal was an ultimatum made by dictator Mussolini and delivered through Ambassador Grazzi. The entire conversation took place in French and once Metaxas was done reading the terms he turned to Grazzi and said; "Alors, c'est la guerre" which translates to "And so we are at war.". The Italians didn't hold their promise to wait until 6 am to start the invasion they started at 5:30 am. And like that on the 28th of October 1940 at 5:30 am Greece entered World War 2.

Information taken by: (Angelos Terzakis, Greek Epic 1940-1941)

[cypr24]

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