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Sunday, October 9, 2016

Last survivor of Greece's 1967-74 military junta dies at 103

Born on the island of Crete, Stylianos Pattakos was a brigadier general who commanded armored tank forces when he took part in the April 21, 1967 coup led by Colonel George Papadopoulos. Pattakos's tanks were pivotal in the junta's seizure of the capital ...


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