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Colonels' Coup

Greece · Government / Government of Greece. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1967Date range
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Chronological records

1967

Constantine Glucksburg Constantine II21 April 1967

Athens · Government / Government of Greece

A group of army officers seizes power in Greece, confronting Constantine II with the military regime later known as the Colonels' junta.

Names involved

Constantine Glucksburg Constantine II

Provenance

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