Today is OHI Day! 🇬🇷💙 On October 28, 1940, Greece boldly said “Ohi” (No!) to surrender, and that spirit lives on! Today, we honour this brave moment by gathering with family and friends, and enjoying traditional Greek foods like Moussaka, Spinach Pie, and Dolmades. 😋🍴 Celebrate Ohi Day with us, and let’s keep that Greek spirit alive! 🫡 #ohiday #greece #greekfood #28thoctober | The Real Greek

28 October 1940 In October 1940, Benito Mussolini, the fascist dictator of Italy, backed by Germany, demanded to invade and occupy Greece requesting Greece to surrender. In the pre-dawn hours of October 28th, 1940, three hours past midnight, the Italian Ambassador to Greece Emmanuel Grazzi, delivered personally a telegram to the General Ioannis Metaxas’s residence. The telegram was sent by Benito Mussolini, the fascist Italian Dictator, asked for an unimpeded invasion of Italian forces into Gree

Various shots of nurses and women volunteers distributing gifts of flowers, cigarettes, sweets and fruit to wounded Greek soldiers. The soldiers lie in beds in ward at Military Hospital. Various shots of wounded men walking in hospital grounds with nurses. A Greek Orthodox priests stops to chat with some of them. Various shots of crowd looking at poster on wall. Poster announcing more Greek victories in the war against Italy. Various shots of jubilant crowd in streets. They carry placards and po