,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #fdd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,october #ah1       
#bjai,mr4 ,pappas 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,bilirakis1 and ,mr4 ,sarbanes7         
submitted the following resolution2     
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,oversight and ,reform  ,,resolution    
,expressing support for the designation 
of ,october #bh as ,oxi ,day to         
commemorate the anniversary of ,greek   
,prime ,minister ,ioannis ,metaxas'     
answer of ,oxi6 or ,no6 to surrender to 
the ,axis forces1 inflicting a fatal    
wound that helped save democracy for the
 world4  ,whereas the ,national ,fascist
 ,party1 headed by ,benito ,mussolini1  
imposed totalitarian rule over ,italy   
from #aibb to #aidc2 ,whereas ,fascist  
,italy1 in alliance with ,nazi ,germany1
 formed the ,axis forces and sought to  
promote fascist and racist policies     
throughout ,europe in the ,world ,war   
,,ii era2 ,whereas1 on ,october #bh1    
#aidj1 the ,italian dictator ,benito    

,mussolini delivered a #c a4m4 ultimatum
 to ,greek ,prime ,minister ,ioannis    
,metaxas1 demanding he allow ,axis      
forces to enter ,greece or face war2    
,whereas ,prime ,minister ,metaxas      
answered the ,axis force's request for  
surrender with one word3 ,oxi6 or ,no62 
,whereas ,italian troops attacked the   
,greek border hours later1 marking the  
beginning of ,greece's involvement in   
,world ,war ,,ii2 ,whereas that same    
morning1 thousands of ,greek citizens   
took to the streets1 chanting ,oxi61 in 
honor of ,prime ,minister ,metaxas'     
refusal to relent to fascism2 ,whereas  
after the world watched the ,axis forces
 overwhelm #ae countries in less than a 
year1 ,greece became the first to repel 
the ,axis invasion1 leading ,united     
,states ,president ,franklin ,roosevelt 
to say1 ,when the entire world had lost 
all hope1 the ,greek people dared to    
question the invincibility of the       
,german monster1 raising against it in  
the proud spirit of freedom2 ,whereas   

,british ,prime ,minister ,winston      
,churchill observed of the ,greek       
people's courageous actions1 ,hence we  
will not say that ,greeks fight like    
heroes1 but that heroes fight like      
,greeks2 ,whereas ,nazi forces had to   
delay their invasion of ,russia to      
intervene in the ,greco-,italian ,war to
 ensure the ultimate surrender of       
,greece and the ,greek people's spirited
 resistance2 ,whereas this delay caused 
the ,nazi regime to face a brutal       
,russian winter which hindered their    
advance and ultimately led to their     
eventual defeat2 ,whereas the ,greek    
people's bravery changed the trajectory 
of the war1 leading ,hitler's ,field    
,marshal and ,chief of ,staff ,wilhelm  
,keitel to say1 ,the ,greeks delayed by 
two or more vital months the ,german    
attack against ,russia2 if we did not   
have this long delay1 the outcome of the
 war would have been different2 ,whereas
 ,prime ,minister ,churchill concluded  
that if there had not been the virtue   

and courage of the ,greeks1 we do not   
know which the outcome of ,world ,war   
,,ii would have been2 ,whereas this was 
a consequential victory for freedom and 
democracy in the modern world and1 at   
the time1 an act that inspired and gave 
hope to the free world2 ,whereas1 since 
#aidb1 ,oxi ,day has been celebrated in 
,greece and ,cyprus on ,october #bh1    
commemorating ,greece's refusal to      
submit to fascism2 and ,whereas1        
,october #bh1 #bjai1 would be an        
appropriate date to designate as ,oxi   
,day3 ,now1 therefore1 be it ,that the  
,house of ,representatives--  7#a7      
supports the designation of ,oxi ,day in
 commemoration of ,greece's refusal to  
submit to the ,axis ,powers during      
,world ,war ,,ii1 noting that this      
resistance likely led to the ultimate   
defeat of ,nazi ,germany2 and  7#b7     
encourages the people of the ,united    
,states to support and participate in   
appropriate ceremonies1 programs1 and   
other activities in observance of such a

 day of remembrance4