“On October 28th, 1940, Mussolini demanded that Metaxas, Prime Minister of Greece, allow the Italian army free passage to enter and occupy strategic sites in Greece without opposition.
“Faced with this demand, Metaxas delivered the now famous response ‘Oxi.’ Despite Greece’s ultimate fall to Axis powers, Metaxas’ response resulted in delaying the advance of the Axis powers so that this battle was ‘decisive in determining the future course of the Second World War…'”