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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)
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