Antanta şi politica forţei faţă de Grecia (octombrie 1915 – decembrie 1916)
The Entente and its Policy of Force towards Greece (October 1915 – December 1916)

Summary/Abstract: During the period between the outbreak of the Great War and the forced abdication of King Constantine I of Greece in June 1917, Entente’s constraints towards Greece grew constantly. The Greek neutrality was far from being adhered to, not only by the Germans and the Bulgarians, but especially – and this might seem surprising at first glance – by those powers who called themselves “protectors” and “guarantors”. In the country in which Lord Byron had died a century before, General Maurice Sarrail, admiral Louis Dartige du Fournet, special envoy Charles Jonnart and others imposed their will behind the threat of military force. It all went according to the so-called “snowball” scenario. The number of allied soldiers in Macedonia increased, their positions were reinforced, the requests of war materials multiplied – and so did the requisitions and the political and military pressures. If, in November 1915, the British and French landed in Thessaloniki without being asked to by anyone (in fact, Eleftherios Venizelos did called them, in secret, over King’s word), two years later Greece will be forced to enter the war on their side.

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