Greece

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the opening ceremony in the Panathenaic Stadium
The 1st Modern Olympic Games, Athens 1896
Mehmed VI, the last Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, leaving the country after the abolition of the Ottoman sultanate, 1922
The Long End of the Ottoman Empire
U.S. General James Van Fleet and Greek War Minister Kanellopoulos walking between lines of soldiers on the island of Makronissos during the Greek Civil War
The Greek Civil War, 1946–1949
Opening ceremonies of the 1896 Olympics
Revival and Reinvention: the Olympic Games, Athens 1896
Greek troops with a machine gun during the war
The Greco-Turkish War
Thousands of Greeks went on strike and threw stones at the police.
The Alpha and Omega of the Greek Debt Crisis
Views of the White Tower in Thessaloniki, Greece.
A Postcard from Thessaloniki, Greece
Refugee tents in Piraeus port.
A Postcard from a Piraeus Refugee Camp
ELAS Guerrillas, 1943
The Greek Civil War, 1946–1949
1866 cartoon by Daumier, L’Equilibre Européen, representing the balance of power as soldiers of different nations teeter the earth on bayonets.
Democracy by Force, or by Example?
The Reception of Lord Byron at Missolonghi painting by Theodoros Vryzakis.
An Historic Question: Over There or Over Here?