4th of August Regime | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-06

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4th of August Regime


00:01:18 1 Origins of the regime
00:03:15 1.1 Classical influences
00:04:18 1.2 External influences
00:05:40 2 Greek totalitarianism
00:06:31 2.1 Attempts at social control
00:09:08 2.2 Arts and Culture
00:09:56 2.3 The role of youth
00:10:59 2.4 Nationalism
00:12:39 2.5 Economic policy
00:15:15 3 Other
00:15:34 4 Differences from other totalitarian regimes
00:16:42 5 The end of the 4th of August regime
00:19:07 6 Legacy
00:19:49 7 See also



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The 4th of August Regime (Greek: Καθεστώς της 4ης Αυγούστου, Kathestós tis tetártis Avgoústou), commonly also known as the Metaxas Regime (Greek: Καθεστώς Μεταξά, Kathestós Metaxá), was a totalitarian regime under the leadership of General Ioannis Metaxas that ruled the Kingdom of Greece from 1936 to 1941. On 4 August 1936, Metaxas, with the support of King George II, suspended the Greek parliament and went on to preside over a conservative, staunchly anti-communist government. The regime took inspiration in its symbolism and rhetoric from Fascist Italy, but never developed into a fully-fledged fascist dictatorship, and retained close links to Britain and the French Third Republic, rather than the Axis powers. Lacking a popular base, after Metaxas' death in January 1941 the regime hinged entirely on the King. Although Greece was occupied following the German invasion of Greece in April 1941 and the Greek government was forced into exile in the Middle East, several prominent figures and features of the regime, notably the notorious security chief Konstantinos Maniadakis, survived for several months in cabinet until the King was forced to dismiss them in a compromise with the representatives of the old democratic political establishment.