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General Ioannis Metaxas
Metaxas dissolved the Greek parliment and established himself as dictator. -
Metaxas Dies
Greece was left powerless and the Communist party took over and created the National Liberation Front, also known as EAM. -
Britain Takes Over
Germany left Greece and Britain took over the government. When ELAS would not cooperate the government, now under British rule, threatened to disarm ELAS, which started the demonstrations. -
Fighting Starts
Fighting starts between the British and EAM
The British won and the size of the Communist party decreased. -
Phase 1: Dekemvriana
Stage one of the Greek Civil War began between the Greek government and British forces. British troops open fired into a crowd of 100,000-250,000 EAM demonstrators. -
Varkiza Agreement
ELAS had to give up their weapons and release their political prisoners. The government had to from a national army, release political prisoners, establish democratic regimine, and called for a new constitution.
This ended Phase 1. -
Phase 2 Begins
Greek civil war resumes between Communist Guerrilla's and the Greek government. -
Truman Doctrine
Truman initiated an emergency request for $400 million to aid Greece and Turkey. -
Britain Ends Support
Greece had become dependent on Great Britain financially and militarily. However, Great Britain ran into financial issues of their own and withdrew support. The same day as the Greek elections. -
Marshall Plan Enacted
President Truman signed an Interim Aid Bill establishing the American Mission for Aid to Greece (AMAG). Less than a month later, expanding on the principles of the Truman Doctrine, Secretary of State George Marshall proposed his plan for long-term economic recovery for all European nations. By spring 1948, the Marshall Plan was channeling dollars to Europe. -
Paidomazoma
The removal of children from Greece into Socialist states. Minors ages 4-14 were removed from Greece to be indoctrinated as Communist janissaries. -
Operation Torch
The National Army launched and attack on the DSE code named "operation torch" against the DSE, which resulted in heavy losses for the DSE and a victory for the National Army. -
Communists Captured
The last Greek Communists were captured -
End of the War
ELAS surrenders and a treaty was negotiated which signaled the end of the war. Nikos Zachariadis, the general secratary of the Communist party of Greece, announced a ceasefire to prevent the annihillation of Greece which ended the war. -
Konstantinos Karamanlis
Greece was restored as a democracy.
