Greece at War



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The Greco-Italian War was a conflict between Italy and Greece from October 28, 1940 to April 6, 1941. It marked the beginning of the Balkans Campaign of World War II.
The song is "
Παιδιά της Ελλάδος Παιδιά" (Paidia tis Ellados Paidia), roughly translated into English as "Ye children of Greece". It became our national song in the winter of 1940 & a reminder of our struggle against the Italian invaders. It goes like this (a free translation by me):
"Wondering in the streets,
the mothers seek their children,
who vouched for victory,
when they left them
at the train station.
Yet, for those who are gone, and have found glory, mourning is inappropriate let us be joyful for them. Chorus: Ye, children of Greece, who fight a harsh war on the mountains, we pray to the sweet Virgin, for your safe return. I say to the women who love and wake at their thought and breathe a s
igh, that the bitterness of parting and the quiver are incompatible with the honest Greek women. Ye girls of Zalongon*, city-girls or village-girls though we might hurt, let us say with pride like the Souli women Chorus: Ye, children of Greece, who fight a harsh war on the mountains, we pray to th
e sweet Virgin, for your safe return. With the victory laurels, we're waiting for your return, children". *During our war of independence in 1821, near a mountain called Zalongon in Epirus, a Greek village was attacked by the Turks. The Turkish soldiers slew every male they could find. The women an
d children to avoid their fate (slavery), they joined hands, they danced their last dance and fell of the edge of a cliff on the mountain of Zalongon. There's a song named "the dance of Zalongon" written to honour these women who threw their kids of the edge of the cliff and then leaped to their own
deaths and goes like this: "Have joy and health, ill-fated world. Have joy and health, mountains and streams. But just as the fish can't live on sand, the women of Souli can't live without freedom".


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The Greeks were the ... ( 2 months ago by Springmaus2006)
The Greeks were the hardest and bravest fighting soldiers besides german soldiers for sure. Yes,I know,Italians are coward-dwarfs,who just can't fight and run away all the time,so it is not a great doing to force them back in a war. But anyway...the Greeks fought even longer than Poland or France...I show my respect as a german,and that means a lot. Sparta is alive,I guess.^^
nice you are true ( 2 months ago by spyrpoul)
nice you are true
We fought against " ... ( 2 months ago by kokotselos)
We fought against "the bad" Hitler for what?... now all countries we are neighboors are envy Greeks and want to claim greek soil..for what we fought?When we resisted against axis england said "we will split the victory" and then sold Cyprus to Turkey...1000 times hitler would won the war
for what we fought? ... ( 2 months ago by kokotselos)
for what we fought???...now all fuckin neighboors want to destroy greece,,,
Greeks fought for ... ( 2 months ago by kokotselos)
Greeks fought for what??...now all neighboor countries want to destroy greece...We fought in Englands side and they sold Cyprus to Turkey..
freedom or death ... ( 2 months ago by supersxcsebby)
freedom or death indeed
my 69 year old ... ( 2 months ago by supersxcsebby)
my 69 year old great grandfather, 42 year old grandfather and 15 year old uncle died fighting the italians. eleftheria y thanatos.
you dont know ... ( 2 months ago by GreekParodios)
you dont know nothingabout this war. my grandfather was fight the italian army in albanian mountains. i always listen his stories about this war. he have kill enemys and he have see dead friends. he tell me there are hiding behind dead bodys to not kill them the enemy bullets. his is a real hero and all of these soldiers.
my grandfather was ... ( 2 months ago by GreekParodios)
my grandfather was fight in albanian mountains the italian army at 1940. he is a real hero.
Respect to these ... ( 2 months ago by Trend2)
Respect to these soldiers who have fight for Greece freedom. When I see Videos like this or songs like this I cry proudly. ZHTW H ELLADA!
No we sold Cyprus! ... ( 2 months ago by drummerhellas)
No we sold Cyprus! Like the minor Asia! All these are OUR faults! England did its job to protect its interests. Thats fair enough! The fault was all ours! Thats the lesson for our future! Remember it!
True ( 1 month ago by ImperialGuard9001)
True
Greece did not sell ... ( 1 month ago by ImperialGuard9001)
Greece did not sell Cyprus it was ocupied by the turks!
You're wrong... Our ... ( 1 month ago by Steilhandgranate)
You're wrong... Our politicians sold Cyprus and Asia Minor to Turks. Not us. Not the Greek people. They sell these lands but we are the ones who fight to take them back...
drummer you are ... ( 1 month ago by nickthegrk)
drummer you are right eimai ellhnas kai xerw tn istoria kai ta kala kai ta kaka ths elladas pou agapame!! eimaste periergos laos alla otan enothoume eimaste anikhtoi!! ELLADA se agapaw
Αποκαλυπτικές ... ( 1 month ago by airfire23)
Αποκαλυπτικές πολιτικές ειδήσεις που αφορουν την Ελλάδα απο τον τουρκολόγο καθηγητή Παντείου Νεοκλή Σαρρή!!! ...Κρίση και στην Ελλάδα... Φίμωση απο τα ΜΜΕ, ΣΥΡΙΖΑ, Σκο
πιανοί, Αναρχικοί, INDYMEDIA>>
watch?v=gp-R4oxd29M ...
Δίωξη του Πατριωτισμού... Aναρχικοί, Άσυλο, Λάος, Πατριωτισμός>>
watch?v=dPvhWKHbCuU
σχολιάζει συχνά και για την Μακεδονία μας... 3/6 - Μακεδονικές και ισλαμικές αντιφάσεις watch?v=h2YgdDFR1hg
καποια στιγμη και ... ( 1 month ago by AustinMarina)
καποια στιγμη και οι σλαβοσκοπιανοι θα νοιωσουν τι εστι Ελληνικος στρατος........
you austrian are ... ( 1 month ago by cettoracetto)
you austrian are only jelaous of us because we in ww1 defeated the great austria-hungarian empire..
u talk again to ... ( 1 month ago by cettoracetto)
u talk again to past...ok sorry for the past ..we all now hate mussolini..and in italy the great partizans fought agaisnt fasist u know?? nobody know the real true of our history...so study before talk bad of us..
italian gladiators ... ( 1 month ago by orhun20)
italian gladiators fought pretty well though and on the other hand greeks defended equally good so who won the war is still a mistery.
You are right in ... ( 1 month ago by Gweezian)
You are right in some ways. I think it was more a battle (and not a war) where Greece clearly won and then took ground in Albania. Symbolically: "the The Greek Army dealt the first victory for the Allies by defeating the invasion and pushing Mussolini's forces back into Albania"
fUCK! AROUND OVER ... ( 1 month ago by VERGIS92)
fUCK! AROUND OVER 13 THOUSAND DEAD ON BOTH
SIDES, WAR IS DISGUISTING!!
THAT'S OVER 26 THOUSAND OF THE YOUNG, ACTIVE POPULATION OF GREECE AND ITALY
we win italy and ... ( 3 weeks ago by alexandrosusa)
we win italy and they had 2 times larger army with better equipment!the spartan blood of the past is still in our vains..the germans win us.the italians run away like dogs..
yes war is ... ( 2 weeks ago by cypriotcook)
yes war is disgusting! as a Greek i would rather die than see my house and land invaded
eleftheria oi thanados




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