The Untamed Balkans, Macedonia: Forlorn Land (1942)

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  • Risto the Great
    Senior Member
    • Sep 2008
    • 15658

    #2
    Excellent text.
    A great summary.
    Risto the Great
    MACEDONIA:ANHEDONIA
    "Holding my breath for the revolution."

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    • Soldier of Macedon
      Senior Member
      • Sep 2008
      • 13670

      #3
      The Macedonians themselves are not asked their opinion. And this is the story of Macedonia in a nutshell........
      In a nutshell.
      In the name of the blood and the sun, the dagger and the gun, Christ protect this soldier, a lion and a Macedonian.

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      • Soldier of Macedon
        Senior Member
        • Sep 2008
        • 13670

        #4
        Bump. I just read the whole text again, a great read, and I would advise others to take a few minutes and read it also.
        In the name of the blood and the sun, the dagger and the gun, Christ protect this soldier, a lion and a Macedonian.

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        • TRAVOLTA
          Member
          • Nov 2009
          • 504

          #5
          Excellent article TM...

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          • TrueMacedonian
            Senior Member
            • Jan 2009
            • 3810

            #6
            Originally posted by TRAVOLTA View Post
            Excellent article TM...
            Slayer Of The Modern "greek" Myth!!!

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            • makedonche
              Senior Member
              • Oct 2008
              • 3242

              #7
              TM
              Your usual legendary self!
              On Delchev's sarcophagus you can read the following inscription: "We swear the future generations to bury these sacred bones in the capital of Independent Macedonia. August 1923 Illinden"

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              • Soldier of Macedon
                Senior Member
                • Sep 2008
                • 13670

                #8
                Here is a part of significance which clears up some of the misconceptions caused by external propaganda:
                In this same year (1934), Mihailoff’s enemies grasped the reigns of government in Sofia, after a putsch engineered by King Boris and several colonels. Mihailoff was forced to flee, and now lives somewhere in Turkey, hidden and almost forgotten, except that his memory is still cursed by the Macedonian peasants who nonetheless revere the memory of the old heroic IMRO of the times of Ilinden. I World War II, Macedonia has again become a battlefield. A few bands of reactionary IMROists joined the Nazi armies as they poured into Yugoslavia, but the bulk of the population did not greet the soldiers under the swastika as liberators. And it is significant that on the day of the Yugoslav surrender, when official Bulgarian hopes of recovering the whole of Macedonia were high, the government papers carried sharp attacks against “those Bolshevist elements of IMRO United who want to split the national unity by renewing their old demagogic slogan of Macedonia for the Macedonians.
                In the name of the blood and the sun, the dagger and the gun, Christ protect this soldier, a lion and a Macedonian.

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                • Daskalot
                  Senior Member
                  • Sep 2008
                  • 4345

                  #9
                  People this is a must read, just do it!
                  Macedonian Truth Organisation

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                  • makedonche
                    Senior Member
                    • Oct 2008
                    • 3242

                    #10
                    Daskalot
                    Thanks for the reminder!
                    Indeed a truly great and significant piece of literature/history!
                    My undying gratitude to TM for his outstanding work!
                    On Delchev's sarcophagus you can read the following inscription: "We swear the future generations to bury these sacred bones in the capital of Independent Macedonia. August 1923 Illinden"

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                    • Дени
                      Member
                      • May 2010
                      • 136

                      #11
                      Such objectivity is rare in texts from that period. A great read.

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                      • TrueMacedonian
                        Senior Member
                        • Jan 2009
                        • 3810

                        #12
                        . These older posts are great.
                        Slayer Of The Modern "greek" Myth!!!

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                        • Daskalot
                          Senior Member
                          • Sep 2008
                          • 4345

                          #13
                          Originally posted by TrueMacedonian View Post
                          . These older posts are great.
                          They sure are, you have done a great job posting all of these gems TM.
                          Macedonian Truth Organisation

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