WI: Greece Went Communist

I don't know anything about the logistics of the Greek Civil War. But what would happen if the Communists won? Would Turkey also fall? How would this tilt the Cold War with the Soviets having a very strong presence in the Mediterranean?
 
Turkey wpuld most certainly not go communist, and it would enjoy greater NATO/US support. Its occupation of Cyprus would be (even more)sanctioned by Washington than it was in RL.
 
Wouldn't you see a Pro-Western Greece form out of the Aegean islands such as Crete and Rhodes, while the Communist control the Greek mainland?
 
Wouldn't you see a Pro-Western Greece form out of the Aegean islands such as Crete and Rhodes, while the Communist control the Greek mainland?

Well, unless the KKE régime ended up becoming another carbon-copy of Marshall Tito's régime, in which case (based on how the West treated Yugoslavia) it might not even come to that - maybe the KKE could probably force Greeks to actually pay their taxes and help lower the amount of corruption in the country. ;):D
 
Well, unless the KKE régime ended up becoming another carbon-copy of Marshall Tito's régime, in which case (based on how the West treated Yugoslavia) it might not even come to that - maybe the KKE could probably force Greeks to actually pay their taxes and help lower the amount of corruption in the country. ;):D

You think a communist regime is going to help make Greece less corrupt? Please, the Greeks are much more professionally corrupt than to let a silly thing like regime change end corruption. ;)
 
You think a communist regime is going to help make Greece less corrupt? Please, the Greeks are much more professionally corrupt than to let a silly thing like regime change end corruption. ;)

Hey, if it worked before as the Πολιτική Επιτροπή Εθνικής Απελευθέρωσης, I don't see why not. ;) OK, so you can call me an optimist, but hey - wouldn't hurt giving a bit of a nudge, short of having Cypriot Greek become the official language of Greece.
 
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