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The Greek Civil War 1947
The British felt protective towards Greece
They had tried to help Greece in 1941
Stalin and Churchill felt they had an agreement over spheres of influence
The British landed troops in Greece in 1944 (which the Americans had disapproved of)
After the war, the country had a complicated civil war:
- Stalinist Communists, Tito Communists, Monarchists and Republicans