Greece 1947

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Cards (8)

  • When the Germans left Greece in 1944 it left the monarchists and communists
  • The communists wanted Greece to be a soviet republic
  • The monarchists wanted the return of the king of Greece
  • Churchill sent troops to Greece in 1945 to support the monarchists and the king was returned to power
  • the USSR sent troops to take control of Greece
  • The British couldn't afford the cost of the fighting against the USSR
  • In 1947, Britain announced they were withdrawing their troops. Truman stepped in and payed for the British troops to stay
  • By 1950, the royalists were in control of Greece