Effects of World War II on Greece The Greek populace desired to stay out of the war in 1940. They did not have a very strong government. At the time it was a monarchal parliament under King Paul II. General Ioannis Metaxas was allowed to function as a dictator under the auspices of the king. Metaxas was well known as a general, and was able to strengthen Greece against the foreign threat that Italy and Germany …showed first 75 words of 550 total…

…showed last 75 words of 550 total…of dollars to assist in the physical rebuilding of the country’s military, architecture, and government. The American money helped to stabilize the Greek currency which went through huge inflation. Greece used much of the initial aid to finance revamping the military. This was done to help form a bulwark against communism. Greece was always under pressure by the communists in Russia to change over, but resisted largely due to the American and British intervention.