Greece

Posts in The Copybook tagged ‘Greece’

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© Nikolai Karaneschev, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0.

An Appeal to Philip Sober Valerius Maximus

A woman convicted of a crime she did not commit took her case to a higher power.

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From the Athens War Museum collection, via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.

The Miracle of El Alamein Clay Lane

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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© Wolfgang Moroder, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.5.

Samuel Greig Clay Lane

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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© Rene Boulay, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC-BY-SA 3.0.

A Personal Favour Clay Lane

Over a hundred young Greeks were slated to be shot after resistance fighters and British forces sabotaged an airfield.

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Wrath Reawakened Edward Blaquière

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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An Appeal to the Ladies of England Manto Mavrogenous

Manto Mavrogenous hoped that her fellow women might show more solidarity with Greece than many men had done.

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