Bill Kanellis's New Book "Bill the Greek" is a Remarkable Biography Reflecting Upon the Perseverance, Kindness, and Serendipity that Forever Changed a Young Boy's Life
Recent release "Bill the Greek" from Page Publishing author Bill Kanellis is a stirring true story of an orphan's life-changing adoption and emigration to America after the death of his parents' in Nazi-occupied Athens in 1941.
EL DORADO HILLS, Calif., Feb. 26, 2019 Bill Kanellis, a proud Greek-American forever grateful for his late parents' love and efforts on his behalf, has completed his book "Bill the Greek": a poignant true story of family, sacrifice, and one poor Greek boy's personal experience after emigrating to a new life in America.
Bill writes, "On October 28th, 1940 Benito Mussolini at 5 am, sent a telegram to his ambassador in Athens to demand that prime Minister Ioannis Metaxas allow his Italian troops to invade Greece without incident or face war. Since Greece had remained neutral during the start of WWII, Metaxas immediately replied with one word "oxi", which in Greek means no. The small and unprepared Greek Army with local volunteers, held the Italian Army at the border of Albania for six months from entering. After the humiliation of Mussolini's inability to conquer this small country, Hitler sent his troops on April 6th and by June 1st, 1941, Greece surrendered to Germany. During the occupation, the bank of Greece was completely looted by the Germans and 80 percent of the industry was destroyed. The country's food was allocated to supply Hitler's army in North Africa, which caused thousands of Greeks to die from starvation along with Nazi reprisals. Many Fortunes were spent to buy a sack of flour and other food necessities to survive. The following book is a true story of some of the conditions I experienced during the Nazi occupation and my coming to America."
Published by New York City-based Page Publishing, Bill Kanellis's book is a riveting true story of a young orphaned boy's life forever changed with his adoption into an affluent Greek-American family in Billings, Montana.
Readers who wish to experience this autobiographical work can purchase "Bill the Greek" at bookstores everywhere, or online at the Apple iTunes store, Amazon, Google Play, or Barnes and Noble.
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