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Konstantino’s Article "Even Dead He Would Win": The Iran War and the Resurrection of the Joint Defence Area Doctrine " https://substack.com/@polity21blog/note/p-194110218?r=4cspa7&utm_source=notes-share-action&utm_medium=web Hey everyone! For today’s episode I was able to bring onto the pod Konstantinos Kolokotronis. Konstantinos is an independent journalist and researcher w...

Hey Everyone! On today's episode, we'll zoom in on EAM'S next big move, the Government in the mountains (the PEEA), and what is known as the Middle East Mutiny.  Enjoy! Sources: Red Acropolis, Black Terror- Andre Gerolymatos Greece, 1941-1949: From Resistance to Civil War - Harris Vlavianos Inside Hitler's Greece - Mark Mazower Greece, The Decade at War, Occupation, Resistance...

Hey Everyone! On today's episode, we'll zoom in on the hierarchical structure British intelligence/resistance operations inside of occupied Greece, take a look at the fallout from the ongoing inter-Ahndartiko conflict, and end the episode with the Plaka Agreement which ended the *first* round of the Greek Civil War.... Enjoy! Sources: Red Acropolis, Black Terror- Andre Gerolymatos Greece...

Hey Everyone! On today's episode, we take a look at what is considered the start of the first round of the civil war. We'll zoom in on the actions of ELAS, EDES & the Germans, and will touch on a few smaller outfits as well.  Enjoy! Sources: Red Acropolis, Black Terror- Andre Gerolymatos Greece, 1941-1949: From Resistance to Civil War - Harris Vlavianos Inside Hitler's Greece -...

Hey Everyone! On today's episode, we continue our red march to civil war, and take one last look at the Spaghetti Eaters, the Makaronades...the Italians. We'll cover what the Italian occupation looked like on the ground, how their surrender and elimination was carried out, and what this means for our Ahndartes.  Enjoy! Sources: Red Acropolis, Black Terror- Andre Gerolymatos Greece, 1941-...

Hey Everyone! On today's episode, we continue our red march to civil war, Myers and the SOE do their best to stop the Ahndartes from killing each other and to focus their energies on the occupiers, and a botched trip to Cairo shows the divergence in vision between those outside of Greece, and those within.  Enjoy! Sources: Red Acropolis, Black Terror- Andre Gerolymatos Greece, 1941-1949: From...

Hey everyone For Todays episode, I was able to get onto the pod, Dr. Spyros Tsoutsoumpis who is a professor at the University of Manchester, and an author of several articles and books on the Greek civil war.  Dr. TsouTsoumpis…has been studying this topic, for almost 2 decades…20 years. Aside from writing his book : “A history of the Greek resistance in the Second World War: The people’s armies“ H...

Hey Everyone! On today's episode, we'll continue the doomed march towards the first round of the civil war, touch base with those bloody Britts in London and in the SOE, and get an introduction to the new quisling Prime Minister and the Security Battalions.  Enjoy! Sources: Red Acropolis, Black Terror- Andre Gerolymatos Greece, 1941-1949: From Resistance to Civil War - Harris Vlavianos I...

Hey Everyone! On today's episode, we'll touch on several important events that will change the trajectory and momentum, not just for the AHndartes, but for the Axis powers and the SOE as well. Enjoy! Sources: Red Acropolis, Black Terror- Andre Gerolymatos Greece, 1941-1949: From Resistance to Civil War - Harris Vlavianos Inside Hitler's Greece - Mark Mazower Greece, The Decade at Wa...

Hello Everyone!  For today's episode I was able to get onto the pod, once again, Dr. Dale Pappas. This episode is going to serve as a way to help the listeners who listen to the historical segment, kind of get back into the groove of things, as we enter a transitionary period in the Greek civil war. Also, and more importantly, I need more time to read and write for the next couple episodes. S...

Hey everyone! For today’s episode I was able to bring back onto the pod Konstantinos Kolokotronis. Konstantinos is an independent journalist and researcher who focusses on geopolitics and contemporary power politics in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean…. But we didn’t exactly cover geopolitics, or power politics….instead we covered, Greece and Greek related things that were mentioned in the Eps...

Konstantino’s Article The Imia Crisis 30 Years On: The Perils of Self-Abnegation: https://polity24.substack.com/p/the-imia-crisis-30-years-on-the-perils?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMjU2MjgxMDQwNTU4AAGnM90R0PrllMgOt1P1i8N_LQOWrOMGyUnLbNPkBAt769ZhJD0WZFsFmCKAn2E_aem_PWjB5Fg9aM06ORwXoQBmKQ&triedRedirect=true Hey everyone! For today’s episode I...

Hey everyone! For today’s episode, from all the way down under, I was able to get on the pod Terry Stravridis. Terry, is a Greek-Australian & Historian, who has published & written on A LOT of topics that we cover on the pod. He's published several books on the Greek & Assyrian genocides, in addition to articles and conference papers on everything from the Deportation of Pontian G...

Hey Everyone! On today's episode, Dustin (From NoneTaken Podcast) and I, will take a look at another operation, that while doesn't have nearly as much notoriety as Operation Harling, was still nonetheless important enough (I thought anyways) that I made an episode out of it. It will include all the secret agent action, goof ups, "how could something like this happen?!?" moments...

Hey Everyone! On today's Dustin episode, Dustin and I will drill down a bit on factors that helped accelerate the growth of the Ahndartiko going into 1943, and we will also follow the drama unfolding between competing interpretations of policy between the British SOE & the British Foreign Office. Additionally we'll continue to keep an eye on Eddie Myers and C.M. Woodhouse as they try...

Hey Everyone! Today we'll continue to follow the movements and challenges that SOE Operatives and Ahndartes will face on their way to accomplishing their final and most important objective: destroying Gorgopotamos Bridge Enjoy! Sources: Red Acropolis, Black Terror- Andre Gerolymatos Greece, 1941-1949: From Resistance to Civil War - Harris Vlavianos Inside Hitler's Greece - Mark Mazower G...

Hey Everyone For today’s episode I had on the pod Angelo from Hearth of Hellenism, and we talked about Polytheism, specifically speaking we talked about worshiping the Ancient Greek Gods. Random conversation I know…but this is something that we had on the to do list for a while now, so it was good to make some time and chat with a friend of the pod.  So why did we have a conversation about polythe...

Hey Everyone! On todays episode we are going to revisit our friends in the SOE, who are hard at work trying to get the guerilla groups of the left right and center on the same page. Additionally, we will introduce ourselves to the team that will carry out the well known Operation Harling, and what that operation actually looked like on the ground in practice.  Enjoy! Sources: Red Acropolis, Black...

Hey Everyone! On todays episode we will get a closer look at the lives of TWO people who are a big part of our story going forward. Thanasis Kalaras, (AKA Aris Velouchiotis) and Napoleon Zervas. They are both controversial figures in their own way, and they are both regarded as everything ranging from traitors to patriots, depending on who you ask.  Enjoy! Sources: Red Acropolis, Black Terror- And...

Hey Everyone! Today we (our guest co-host Dustin, and myself included) will get a brief introduction to the alphabet soup of acronyms that is the Greek Guerilla Resistance movement, or also known as, the Andartiko. This is meant just as a introduction of sorts, as all of these groups will come up in our story going forward. Some much more than others.  Enjoy! Sources: Red Acropolis, Black Terror-...

Good Morning! Today, Dustin from NoneTaken Podcast and myself will look into British Foreign Policy towards Greece, the role of British secret intelligence services in the organization of Greek resistance bands, and what the British endgame in Greece looked like in the early early 1940's.  Sources: Red Acropolis, Black Terror- Andre Gerolymatos Greece, 1941-1949: From Resistance to Civil War...

Hello Everyone! Long Live the No! Happy Ohi Day! For today's episode we have once again Dr. Dale Pappas, and we had a frank conversation about how the events leading up to and including the big NO are remembered by the Hellenic Nation. We also talked a lot about the legacy of the Ohi (NO), and what legacy Metaxas left behind as his controversial status of the man who helped deliver one of the...

Good Morning Comrades! Today, (with our special guest Dustin, from NoneTaken podcast!) we will be getting properly acquainted with a group of people we have heard so much about, but not formerly met: The Communists. This faction within the Greek political scene will end up playing a major role , so I knew it was important to give you (the listeners) a thorough rundown. On this episode well cover j...

Hey everyone, For today’s episode,Ii had on the Pod, someone who has been on here almost half a dozen times now, Dr. Dale Pappas. If you’ve been following  the Greek Civil War segment that we’ve had running, you’ve seen for yourself what a moving force Venizelos and Venizelism was, but I don't think I've ever given, the listeners, a proper introduction and a bit of a summary of, just wha...

Hello Fellow Revolutionaries! Today we'll be continuing through the drama that was the "Trial of the 6", which will then culminate with the "Execution of the 6", and will then be followed by the Second Hellenic Republic. We'll also get a formal introduction to King George II, a closer deeper dive on relations between the King and Metaxas during the 4th of August regim...