Anglo-Hellenic League was founded in the aftermath of the 1912 – 13 Balkan Wars in order to counter anti-Greek propaganda in the United Kingdom . Dedicated to promoting Anglo-Greek understanding and friendship , the League has a long history of charitable and cultural work . After the First World War , through John Gennadius , a co-founder and Honorary President , the League took a leading role in establishing the Koraes Chair of Modern Greek and Byzantine History , Language and Literature at King 's College London . During the Second World War the League raised funds for the starving Greek population and for the Greek Navy and the Merchant Marine . In the immediate post-war years the League gave assistance to a children 's home , a hospital in Athens and to war-ravaged villages in remote parts of Greece and gave similar help to the southern Ionian Islands after the 1953 Ionian earthquake . In 1979/80 the League raised over £ 80,000 towards the ' Save the Acropolis ' Appeal
1953 Ionian earthquake
1953 Ionian earthquake
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