13-629: [REDACTED] Look up metaxas or metaxa in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Metaxās or Metaxa may refer to: Places [ edit ] Metaxas Line , fortifications in northeastern Greece in 1935–1940 Metaxas, Greece , a village in the Greek region of Macedonia Metaxas Regime or 4th of August Regime, a short-lived authoritarian regime in Greece from 1936 to 1941 People with
26-646: A Greek brandy-based liqueur See also [ edit ] Georg von Metaxa (1914–1944), Austrian tennis player Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Metaxas . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Metaxas&oldid=1170678300 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
39-646: A Greek brandy-based liqueur See also [ edit ] Georg von Metaxa (1914–1944), Austrian tennis player Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Metaxas . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Metaxas&oldid=1170678300 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
52-1018: A village in the Greek region of Macedonia Metaxas Regime or 4th of August Regime, a short-lived authoritarian regime in Greece from 1936 to 1941 People with the surname [ edit ] Anastasios Metaxas (1862–1937), Greek architect and competitive marksman Andreas Metaxas (1790–1860), Greek politician Konstantinos Metaxas (1793–1870), Greek fighter of the Greek War of Independence and politician from Cephalonia Christina Metaxa (born 1992), Cypriot singer Dimitris Metaxas , Greek-American computer scientist Doris Metaxa (1911–2007), French tennis player Eric Metaxas (born 1963), American author Georges Metaxa (1899–1950), Romanian singer and actor Ioannis Metaxas (1871–1941), Greek general, prime minister and dictator Nemone Metaxas (born 1972), English DJ, presenter, producer, and athlete Nikolas Metaxas (born 1988), Cypriot singer Other uses [ edit ] Metaxa ,
65-416: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages metaxas [REDACTED] Look up metaxas or metaxa in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Metaxās or Metaxa may refer to: Places [ edit ] Metaxas Line , fortifications in northeastern Greece in 1935–1940 Metaxas, Greece ,
78-735: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Metaxas Line The Metaxas Line ( Greek : Γραμμή Μεταξά , Grammi Metaxa ) was a chain of fortifications constructed along the line of the Greco-Bulgarian border, designed to protect Greece in case of a Bulgarian invasion after the rearmament of Bulgaria . It was named after Ioannis Metaxas , then Prime Minister of Greece , and chiefly consists of tunnels that led to observatories, emplacements and machine gun nests. The constructions are so sturdy that they survive to this day, some of which are still in active service. Some of them are open to
91-475: The 10th of April and the Metaxas Line battle was over. German General Wilhelm List , who led the attack against the Metaxas Line, admired the bravery and courage of these soldiers. He refrained from taking the Greek soldiers prisoner and declared that the army was free to leave with their war flags, on condition that they surrender their arms and supplies. He also ordered his soldiers and officers to salute
104-608: The leadership of Brig. General Konstantinos Th. Bakopoulos , and after three days of fighting they had only limited successes. The 2nd Panzerdivision XVIII Mountain Corps with an enveloping move crossed the Yugoslavian borders, overcame Yugoslav and Greek resistance and captured Thessaloniki on the 9th of April. The capture of Thessaloniki forced the Greek East Macedonia Army Section to surrender on
117-449: The public. The Metaxas Line consists of 21 independent fortification complexes, the largest of which is Fort Roupel as it covers 6.1 out of the 155 km of the full line and had been constructed at a height of 322 m. Illumination was initially mostly provided by oil-lamps, although generators were also installed. Currently, the fortifications are supplied with public electricity, but they are also equipped with generators. Ventilation
130-794: The surname [ edit ] Anastasios Metaxas (1862–1937), Greek architect and competitive marksman Andreas Metaxas (1790–1860), Greek politician Konstantinos Metaxas (1793–1870), Greek fighter of the Greek War of Independence and politician from Cephalonia Christina Metaxa (born 1992), Cypriot singer Dimitris Metaxas , Greek-American computer scientist Doris Metaxa (1911–2007), French tennis player Eric Metaxas (born 1963), American author Georges Metaxa (1899–1950), Romanian singer and actor Ioannis Metaxas (1871–1941), Greek general, prime minister and dictator Nemone Metaxas (born 1972), English DJ, presenter, producer, and athlete Nikolas Metaxas (born 1988), Cypriot singer Other uses [ edit ] Metaxa ,
143-670: The war's outbreak, the fortification line had only reached Komotini , Thrace and was 155 km long. Like the Maginot Line on the Franco-German border, the Metaxas Line was outflanked by German forces specifically when the Germans invaded Greece in April 1941 through Yugoslavia . The German XVIII Mountain Corps and XXX Army Corps attacked the Metaxas Line before dawn on 6 April, but they encountered fierce resistance under
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#1732772757422156-483: Was achieved both naturally and artificially. Water was supplied via water-mains. The fortification works lasted four years and their cost at the time reached 100,400,000 drachmas . The following 21 forts make up the Metaxas Line, ordered from West to East along the Greco-Bulgarian border. Before the outbreak of World War II , the additions made to the Roupel Fortress were considered to be too weak. Thus, it
169-478: Was decided that further fortifications should be constructed, not only in that particular region, but also along the entire northern Greek borderline. The plans were drawn up in 1935 and work began at Kerkini in 1936. The original intention was that the full fortifications' line reach as far along the border as Ormenion . Greece, however, became involved in World War II in 1940, thus preventing completion. At
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