An Italian Regime of the Colonels?

While browsing the Wikipedia entry on the infamous "Regime of the Colonels," I found an interesting little tidbit:

At the time, the Italian far right was very impressed with the methods of Papadopoulos and his junta. In April 1968 Papadopoulos invited fifty Italian members of the far right including Stefano Delle Chiaie on a Greek tour with the purpose of demonstrating to the Italians the methods of the junta. The Italians were sufficiently impressed that upon return to their country, the operatives of the Italian far right escalated the political violence in their country to a new level embarking on a terror campaign of bombings and other violence which killed and injured hundreds. Afterwards, the right-wing instigators of this violence blamed the communists.[citation needed] The Greek junta was so impressed with the manner their Italian counterparts were paving the way toward an Italian coup d'état that on 15 May 1969 Papadopoulos sent them a congratulatory message stating that "His Excellency the Prime Minister notes that the efforts that have been undertaken by the Greek National government in Italy for some time start to have some impact".[15]

Was there any chance of such a thing happening? (Personally, I seriously doubt a nation that had bad memories of Il Duce would just let a right-wing junta grab power without any sort of opposition. :rolleyes:) Would there be any way for the right wingers to gain favor with the military, or even get such a coup past the planning stages? (If there was a way for such a thing to happen, I'd love to write a TL about it! :D)
 
The Golphe Borghese was nearly put into effect but was called off hours beforehand because the plotters found out that the government was tipped off.
 
The Golphe Borghese was nearly put into effect but was called off hours beforehand because the plotters found out that the government was tipped off.

Whoa! I didn't expect the coup to be that close to coming to fruition. I thought it'd just be some wild idea floated around by right-wingers! :eek:

Out of curiosity, do you know what sort of government they were hoping to form? Since the coup was neo-fascist in nature, would it have been a sort of copy of Mussolini's regime, with a grand council of fascism, etc? Which conspirators (if any) were slated for government positions?
 

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Whoa! I didn't expect the coup to be that close to coming to fruition. I thought it'd just be some wild idea floated around by right-wingers! :eek:

Out of curiosity, do you know what sort of government they were hoping to form? Since the coup was neo-fascist in nature, would it have been a sort of copy of Mussolini's regime, with a grand council of fascism, etc? Which conspirators (if any) were slated for government positions?

Just a copy of the greek colonels one. Military in power, repressive state, faithful to the americans. Not similar to the mussolini's one but for the people in the army and in bureocracy, which had remained the same.
It was indeed possible, if ever kissinger or some other freedom fighter in the usa decided that italy was too likely to be neutralized.
 
Out of curiosity, do you know what sort of government they were hoping to form? Since the coup was neo-fascist in nature, would it have been a sort of copy of Mussolini's regime, with a grand council of fascism, etc? Which conspirators (if any) were slated for government positions?

They were going to appoint a Mussolini-era war criminal (and unrepentant fascist) as figurehead of the junta, but I can't see them actually resurrecting the one-party state as it would be politically unacceptable after WWII. It would most likely be a Greek-style military junta with some fascist overtones.
 
They were going to appoint a Mussolini-era war criminal
Reading the very same article to which you linked, I don't see any evidence for the 'war criminal' part of your accusation: In fact it explictly says that he wasn't convicted of any 'war crimes'.

What I'm curious about is this section of the article: "By 1933, he was a submarine commander. Borghese took part in the Second Italo-Abyssinian War." After all, Abyssinia didn't even have a coast...
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Reading the very same article to which you linked, I don't see any evidence for the 'war criminal' part of your accusation: In fact it explictly says that he wasn't convicted of any 'war crimes'.

Oh, you're right, I must have misread it.
 
Basically what everyone else said.

As for people in government you would have Borghese himself as the head of state at least if not also head of government.

A lot of the guys later implicated in the P2 masonic lodge would also have positions in the government.

You might even see members of Ordine Nuovo given some positions. But, they were a rather radical group trying to restore paganism and like. Though Pino Rauti may be given a post within the government.
 
dOLPRAVO HERE WE IS

Any chance of restoring the corporatist style national recreation programs?
Dolpravo, is basically strength through joy without the travel.
That was one of the new roman empires carrots.
 
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