“The defense of the homeland united the Greeks in the 1940s in an unimaginable way”
“October 28 and the legendary “No”, the glorious anniversary of which we are honoring and celebrating today, with an impressive and exciting parade of civil and military departments, where we had the opportunity to admire new innovative weapon systems, is the greatest and ultimate lesson of the generation of the 40’s to our modern era,” said the President of the Republic, Konstantinos Tassoulas, after its completion large military parade in Thessaloniki.
“It is the epic of the 1940s, it is the northern continental epic, it is the epic of the woman of Pindos that always moves us and fascinates us”, he said and added:
“The repulsion and repulsion of Fascist Italy in the snowy mountains of Pindus and in Kalpaki of Epirus as far north as Himarra and as far as Pogradec, was the Greek answer to the mighty Axis at the time and is the arrival of hope in the allied camp.
The defense of the homeland united the Greeks who responded to the national invitation with a smile on their faces in the 1940s.
Their example, their patriotism and their self-sacrifice guide us so that, today united in the great and the great, we can cope with every difficulty of the time and take care of a homeland, strong in the face of every threat, for a modern and advanced homeland. For a country that is a pillar of stability and security in the sensitive area of the Southeast Mediterranean where we are.
Happy birthday, long live the 28th of October, long live the nation and know that this example of warriors of the 1940s that we honor and celebrate today, this example the Greek people have in their hearts, they never forget it, it always inspires them. Happy birthday.”