Why do we make such a bogeyman out of Iran? What is the British interest in keeping up hostility between us and that country? What good has it done us and is it justified?
An account of the time in 1944 when the British Army, at war with Germany switched their allegiance, opening fire upon – and arming Greek collaborators with the Nazis to fire upon – a civilian crowd in Syntagma Square.
Helias Doundoulakis in his U.S. Army uniform. Credit: National Hellenic MuseumThe story of Helias Doundoulakis is like a great war movie: The story of the Greek spy who helped Greece and the United States win the war against the Nazis.The National Hellenic Museum honors the great Greek-American in a new exhibition called “Becoming a Spy:…
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