Last Call by Jon

Poser • Historical • posted on Oct 28, 2004

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On the 28th of October, 1940 at 02.30 a.m. the Italian ambassador in Greece gave the Greek Prime Minister an ultimatum to allow the Italian troops from Albania to enter the Greek territory and occupy some positions. The answer of the Greek Prime Minister Metaxas has since become synonymous with the fight against the Axis, NO! (OXI in Greek "O-He"). In less than a month (and against all odds) an ill-equipped and underarmed Greek Army had driven the facists back into Albania liberating almost half of the country and turning Mussolini into a total comic figure in the whole world. This was the first real victory of the free world since WW2 began. This is dedicated to my grandfathers both of whom fought there and the 12,000 of their comrades who never came back.

Comments (11)

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Calseeor

4:58AM | Thu, 28 October 2004

Well done image from the lighting to the poses to the post work. What a great tribute to two heroes.

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jwdell

7:54AM | Thu, 28 October 2004

Incredibly well done, the texture detail is Amazing!!!!

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zorares

9:00AM | Thu, 28 October 2004

Nice! Yeah, it was the Italian's blunder that forced Hitler to invade the Balkans and Greece thereby delaying his attack on Russia by 2-3 months. That delay forced the Germans to stop just outside of Moscow allowing the Russians to launch their winter counteroffensive! So the Greeks may have lost but they helped win the war!

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papachile

10:10AM | Thu, 28 October 2004

Beautiful dedication and love the actual events story line. Very inspiring, and very wonderful!

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tanilen

11:21AM | Thu, 28 October 2004

Wow...very moving, very well executed. Excellent!

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webmaster421

12:17PM | Thu, 28 October 2004

Excellent work!

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kosv01

3:53PM | Thu, 28 October 2004

Congratulations for the tribute to our ancestors my friend, and for your nice work and picture...Bravo...Definetely voted.---Kostas.

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SydneyKeys

1:35AM | Fri, 29 October 2004

You have captured a sense of quite desperation and at the same time pride in these mens expressions and postures ....very impressive. On a professional note you re-textured the Daz Tunic pack and cape to re-create these uniforms ...I think?