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Americans influence greeks
In 1947, the United States formulated the Truman Doctrine, and began to actively support a series of authoritarian governments in Greece, Turkey, and Iran in order to ensure that these states did not fall under Soviet influence. -
greek civil war
The 1967 coup and the following seven years of military rule were the culmination of 30 years of national division -
The Apostasia and political instability
the young and inexperienced King Constantine II clashed with liberal reformers, dismissing Papandreou in 1965 and causing a constitutional crisis known as the "Apostasia of 1965". -
A "Generals' Coup"
Greek historiography and journalists have hypothesized about a "Generals' Coup",[7] a coup that would have been deployed at Constantine's behest under the pretext of combating communist subversion. -
The Regency
The flight of Constantine and Kollias left Greece with no legal government or head of state. This did not concern the military junta. Instead the Revolutionary Council, composed of Pattakos, Papadopoulos, and Makarezos, appointed another member to the military administration, Major General Georgios Zoitakis, as Regent. Zoitakis then appointed Papadopoulos as prime minister. This became the only government of Greece following the failure of the King's attempted coun -
Collapse
The collapse of the junta both ideologically and politically was triggered by a series of events which unfolded soon after Papadopoulos' attempt at liberalisation, with ideological collapse preceding its eventual political collapse.