WI: All out Greek-Turkish War in 1974

Following the invasion of Cyprus by Turkey in 1974 as a response to the Greek junta orchistrated coup against Makarios both countries were at the verge of open warfare.

Greek submarines were sent towards Cyprus with orders to attack the invasion fleet, recalled, then resent, then recalled, etc.
Greek fighters were stationed in Crete, loaded with bombs and ordered to attack the Turkish invasion forces, but were recalled as well.
Tensions grew along the land border in Thrace.

In the end nothing happened. Greek reinforcements materialized only in a couple of hundred special forces troops sent, many of whom were shot down by Greek cypriot AAA, not being informed of their arrival.

So what if open warfare commenced in 1974?
What if Greece and Turkey engaged in full combat?
Did the Greeks stand a chance against Turkey or would this simply result in all of Cyprus being overrun and Greece probably losing an island or two in the Aegean to a further Turkish invasion?
Or would the US&NATO quickly step in, fearing this would get out of hand in the middle of the Cold War and simply reinstate the status quo before the Cyprus invasion?
What would the Soviets do?
 
I'm no expert about the Greek military under the Regime of the Colonels, but I believe the Turks would have mopped the floor with them if they actually tried to intervene military to prevent the Turks from invading/ethnically cleansing the North. The Turkish navy was superior to the Greeks, and could have prevented any significant reinforcement of Greek forces on the island. As the army, while the Greek army was substantial on paper, I doubt they would perform terribly well in the field with a revolution going on at home against their regime.

I predict that the Turks would overrun the entire island by late September 1974, with heavy Greek casualties. That would leave the ball in the junta's court: they could accept the humiliating defeat and vow to get back at Turkey in the future, or they could escalate by engaging Turkish troops at the Thracian border, or even bombing Istanbul. Given the domestic situation I do not think that escalation would have been likely, the Junta would be fighting for its own survival by that time, and could not have effectively mobilized the population unless the Turks started committing atrocities that were captured by the media.

Which is not to say that Greek military resistance would have been futile. It would have drawn the world's attention to the outrages being committed on the island, and perhaps induced the US or Britain to force the Turks to stop their ethnic cleansing.
 
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