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On 21 April 1967 a military coup by low ranking officers took place in Greece preventing King Constantine II and Royalist Generals from launching their own coup on 24 April...
The King initially collaborated with coup leaders but in late 1967 his relations with military regime worsened... In September he declared during a state visit in USA "They are not my Government"...
On 13 December he launched a counter-coup. Constantine II decided to fly to Thessaloniki where with the help of the loyal III Army Corps would depose the military Government and set up a new Government there hoping that Royalist officers in all Greece would side with him...
However the plot was betrayed the the Royalist officers in Thessaloniki and Athens were arrested by pro-junta officers forcing the King to land in the town of Kavala seeking help from a CIA station there... USA however denied him help and the King abandoned by everyone exiled himself to Rome escorted by his Royalist PM Constantine Kollias the Royal family and few loyal officers...
WI the plot wasnt betrayed and Constantine II managed to get rid of the military Government in 1967?
How is this altering History? Any thoughts?

P.S. In pic u see King Constantine II in the middle and on his right the Royalist PM Kollias while the coup leaders surround them right after the coup of 21 April 1967...

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