In the presence of the President of the Republic, Konstantinos Tasoulas, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the Ministers of Defense of Greece and Cyprus, Nikos Dendias and Vassilis Palmas, the presidents of PASOK and SYRIZA, party representatives, members of parliament, the mayor of Thessaloniki and the leadership of the Armed Forces, this year's military parade is taking place in Thessaloniki.

A religiouw memorial service-trisagio and wreath-laying ceremony in memory of the dead of the Greco-Italian War took place at the 3rd Army Corps in Thessaloniki, as part of the events for October 28.

At 3 a.m. on the morning of October 28th, 1940, Emanuele Grazzi, the Italian ambassador to Greece, delivered an ultimatum from Benito Mussolini to Prime Minister Ioannis Metaxas. “Il Duce” demanded that Metaxas allow the Italian army free passage to enter and occupy strategic sites in Greece unopposed.