Posts in The Copybook tagged ‘Greece’
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A woman convicted of a crime she did not commit took her case to a higher power.
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Under a moonlit sky in October 1942, Allied and Axis forces met in battle on the sands of the Egyptian desert.
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Scotsman Samuel Greig so impressed his superiors at the Admiralty in London that he was sent as an adviser to the Russian Imperial Navy.
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Over a hundred young Greeks were slated to be shot after resistance fighters and British forces sabotaged an airfield.
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During the Orlov Revolt of 1769, Greek islanders get their hands on a copy of Homer’s epic tale of Troy.
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Manto Mavrogenous hoped that her fellow women might show more solidarity with Greece than many men had done.