Alexandros Papagos

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association with Makarios III
- In Makarios III
role in World War II
- In 20th-century international relations: The Eastern front
- In World War II: Central Europe and the Balkans, 1940–41

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	Apr 01, 2024
	Anniversary information added.		Dec 05, 2023
	Anniversary information added.		Sep 30, 2023
	Article revised and updated.	Richard Pallardy	Feb 18, 2009
	Added new Web site: History of Greece - Biography of General Alexander Papagos.	Kanchan Gupta	Mar 16, 2008
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998