https://youtu.be/s1At9qXhkLA?si=0swRGywoZYF-rNsP The Participation of Cyprus in the two world wars. The example of Deryneia. We commemorate today the anniversary of the decision of the Greeks to resist the fascism of Mussolini and Hitler's Nazism later. The decision of the Greeks to enter the war against the fascist Axis powers did not leave the Cypriots unmoved and pathetic. Thousands were the Cypriots who participated in the two World Wars within the British army. Along with them were several youngsters from Deryneia. Since the beginning of World War II those youngsters joined the British army, motivated by pure patriotism, also by the promise of the British for independence of Cyprus by the end of the war. Another main reason was to ensure a stable and sufficient income to meet their family needs. One by one the youth of Deryneia were joining voluntarily as mercenaries in the British army. These mercenaries, whose number exceeded the number of 20 received a basic ...