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Should we focus more on during the Junta?

On April 21, 1967, a group of middle-ranking colonels led by Georgios Papadopoulos seized power in a coup. For seven years, the "Junta" imposed strict censorship, abolished political parties, and exiled or tortured dissidents. Life was a mix of forced "order" and underlying fear. Should we focus more on during the Junta

I can expand on any chapter of this history that interests you. Life was a mix of forced "order" and underlying fear

On July 24, 1974, Konstantinos Karamanlis returned from Paris to lead the "Metapolitefsi" (Regime Change). This transition successfully legalized the Communist Party, abolished the monarchy via referendum, and established the Third Hellenic Republic, marking the longest period of democratic stability in Greek history. If you’d like to dive deeper, tell me: This period deeply scarred the nation

Liberation in 1944 did not bring peace. The "Dekemvriana" clashes in Athens led to a brutal Civil War (1946–1949). This period deeply scarred the nation, dividing villages and families between the national army and the communist Democratic Army. The victory of the national forces firmly placed Greece in the Western camp and the nascent NATO alliance.