On which date did a group of army colonels seize power in a coup d'état, establishing a seven-year military junta in Greece?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. 21 April 1967
- Step 1: Using NATO's emergency plan Prometheus, Col. Georgios Papadopoulos and Brigadier Pattakos deployed tanks in Athens. They arrested political leaders, suspended civil liberties, and instituted military dictatorship, commonly known as the Regime of the Colonels. Answer: 21 April 1967. Why not the others: "17 November 1973" was the day the junta sent tanks into the National Technical University of Athens to crush student protests; "24 July 1974" marks the restoration of democracy (Metapolitefsi) following the collapse of the junta over Cyprus; "13 December 1967" was the failed counter-coup launched by King Constantine II, leading to his exile.
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