Draft:History of Militarism in Greece

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History of Militarism in Greece

Greek politics was largely influenced by the actions and interventions of the Hellenic army into it's government. it intervened a total of 10 times and each and every time the military gained more and more power. the first intervention would be in 1843 with the deposition of King Otho I and it would be strengthened under the Venizelist dominance of Greek politics, (1909–1935). it would continue under the regime of Ioannis Metaxas and later serve the Greek royalist forces during the Greek civil war and its last act would be in 1967 where the dictatorship of the three colonels or the dictatorship of the Greek Junta. it's position and evolvement would end with the return of democracy to Greece in 1974 and subsequently banned from ever partaking involvement in politics ever since. Though it started with benevolent intentions the military, especially from the Venizelist coups in 1922, 1925, 1933 and 1935 mostly under the leaders Nikolaos Plastiras and Theodoros Pangalos under the Greek military liaison which is the predecessor to the aforementioned Junta. then with the Goudi coup in 1909 and later the Greek national schism (1916) these times under the very man himself Eleftherios Venizelos. Venizelism, through treaties like theVenizelos-Titoni agreement showed to be ever more sympathetic to the causes of Militarism, Fascism and Nikolaos in 1933 admitted to wanting a state inspired by the design of Benito Mussolini. this alignment with centre-right to far right would only continue under the regime of the Greek antidemocratic and nationalist Ioannis Metaxas and later by the Papadopoulos administration. this makes the history of militarism in Greece to be tied with the history of Fascism in Greece. The result would be a permanent essence of disunity amongst Greek politics, the murder and imprisonment of Jews, Leftists and Communists and also the guarantee of right wing domination of Greece which is only being undone by the conservative party (New Democracy) becoming less polarized and more based in the center of politics with liberal policies such as the legalization of Gay marriage.