OXI Day Campaign October 28, 2021 - October 28, 1940, 3am: one small country, one ultimatum, one powerful word: OXI!

In the place where democracy was born, in the proud, courageous spirit of freedom, against all odds, Greece took an impossible stand and fought to keep freedom alive.
World War II was underway and countries around the world suffered under brutal occupation as Hitler and the Axis Powers stopped at nothing to secure their own interests.
On 28 October 1940 at 3am the Italian ambassador to Greece, Emanuele Grazzi, returned home from a party at the German Embassy in Athens and called the Greek Prime Minster, Ioannis Metaxas, delivering an ultimatum: allow the Axis powers to control and occupy key locations in Greece or the alternative is war.
Without hesitation Metaxas replied using the official diplomatic language of French: “Alors, c’est la guerre!” – Then, it is war!
In support of their Prime Minister’s refusal, the Greek people took to the streets and spontaneously began chanting, “OXI!” – No!
Oxi Day, October 28th, now commemorates the day the Greek Prime Minister and all of Greece bravely said “ No” to fascism and entered into World War II, changing the trajectory that ultimately defeated Hitler and the Axis Powers.