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History knows Greece as a great 5th Century B.C. achiever in art,
architecture, science, mathematics, philosophy, drama, literature
and democratic principles. For most of the 2nd and 1st Centuries
B.C., Greece was under Roman rule. By the 4th Century A.D.,
Greece became part of the Byzantine Empire and in 1453 part of
the Ottoman Empire. In 1829 Greece won its war of independence
from Turkey and became a kingdom. In 1924 a republic was
established only to be overthrown in 1935 and King George II
resumed the throne. In 1940 Greece rejected an ultimatum from
Italy and an ensuing occupation occurred until 1944. Communist
resistance forces were shortly thereafter defeated by British and
Royalist troops. King George II resumed his throne and on his
death, April 1, 1947 was succeeded by his brother, Paul I. A
Communist guerrilla war raged from 1947 to 1949 and was defeated
by the Greek government with substantial help from the United
States. Reconstruction and rapid development followed the war
led by conservative Premier Constantine Karamanlis.
George Papandreou won elections in 1963 and 1964. King
Constantine attained the thrown in 1964 and forced Papandreou to
resign. On April 21, 1967 a military takeover by Col. George
Papadopoulos met resistance from King Constantine until December
13, 1967 when the King fled to Italy. Papadopoulos was ousted on
November 25, 1973 and Greek army officers in the National Guard
staged a coup on the island of Cyprus on July 15, 1974. Turkey
invaded the island a week later and Greek junta collapsed. A
civilian government was set-up in November 1974 and in October
1980 Greece was integrated into the military wing of NATO. On
January 1, 1981 Greece became the 10th member of the European
Community. In 1981, Andreas Papandreou was elected Prime
Minister and brought about substantial changes in the external
and internal policies that Greece had pursued for the previous
fifty years. @