Court clears men executed for 1922 military debacle

Reversing one of the most contested court decisions in Greek history, the Supreme Court posthumously acquitted six top politicians and soldiers executed nearly 90 years ago for a crushing military defeat that indelibly marked modern Greece.

Court clears men executed for 1922 military debacle

Reversing one of the most contested court decisions in Greek history, the Supreme Court posthumously acquitted six top politicians and soldiers executed nearly 90 years ago for a crushing military defeat that indelibly marked modern Greece.

The decision made public late yesterday follows a fight by the grandson of one of the defendants to clear his grandfather’s name, in court and in official school textbooks.

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