Православная проамериканская военная хунта // Redroom

A simple and quick recipe for a military junta. [music] We take a fractured society and thoroughly beat it up with civil war and Nazi occupation. Sprinkle paranoia generously on top . Add for better consistency a monarchy and a strong Orthodox Church. Well, so that it brings tears to your eyes . And lubricate it all with a subjective

army. We're warming everything up a little bit on the slow fire of the Cold War. Well, you can also add a pinch of cheese to taste. Although the latter is not necessary. Well, when it rises, hisses and pours onto your Cyprus, turn it off. Everything is ready. Hi all. I'm Egor Zyryanov, and you're on the

Redroom channel, where we talk about the dead and the dead, about history. And today, as I promised you earlier, a story about the Orthodox, pro-American military junta. For those who are not in the know, [music] Black Colonels is a military dictatorship in southern Europe that existed between 1967 and 1974. Established as a result of a coup. And all together it

sounds pretty stupid, because, well, come on, what military coups, what juntas in a European country in the second and half of the 20th century. We are not in Latin America or something. But, friends, this is much scarier than Latin America, because this is Greece. Greece as a state emerged as a result of an

eight-year war of independence against the Ottoman Empire. The political elite was formed from former field commanders. And the army's special status remained for a long time. Thus, the army first intervened in politics as early as [music] 1843, when rebellious officers forced King Ottan of Witelsbach to agree to a constitution. And when the king began