Modern Greece

On 25 November 1973, following the bloody suppression of Athens Polytechnic uprising on the 17th, the hardliner Brigadier Dimitrios Ioannides

The country descended into a prolonged political crisis, and elections were scheduled for late April 1967. On 21 April 1967

After the civil war, Greece sought to join the Western democracies and became a member of the North Atlantic Treaty

Despite this declared neutrality, Greece became a target for Mussolini’s expansionist policies. Provocations against Greece included the sinking of the

The participation of Greece in the Balkan Wars of 1912–1913 is one of the most important episodes in modern Greek