On this day, 12 February 1945, the treaty of Varkiza was signed in Greece, when anti-Nazi partisans, most of whom were communists, agreed to surrender their weapons in return for amnesty and participation in politics. However the Right failed to hold up their end of the bargain and began mass arrests and killings of communists.
It was a key event in the buildup to the civil war, in which the Greek government, including Nazi collaborators and supported by Britain and United States, fought the Greek resistance movements. The resistance had also been abandoned by the USSR who had made their own deal with the US and UK, in which Greece was recognised as part of the British sphere of influence in return for Eastern European countries falling within the Russian sphere. The conflict lasted for years with the eventual victory of the Right. More information, sources and map: *https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/.../the-treaty-of...* <https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8386/the-treaty-of-varkiza?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExZGNtZmUzaERDbEJCV1ZYb3NydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR6PQcpMvdBckYBHFOAJKENIohB50FMhtnDuU1gPCAUt9vs-js9OTf7r_DOypQ_aem_MonJlF1EsasqMMbKrL8hxw> * If you enjoy our social media posts be sure to check out our podcasts. In our flagship longform podcast, Working Class History, we speak with participants in social movements about their experiences, and our daily mini podcast, On This Day in Working Class History, has one of our anniversaries each day. We also have a website and map containing thousands of our stories with full sources. Access these through *https://workingclasshistory.com/* <https://workingclasshistory.com/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExZGNtZmUzaERDbEJCV1ZYb3NydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR4zxnhIhtyg3e0svsqh7G58MSszigO6M3DnOjYxGdBBiw2fK4lTMOmhb-npoQ_aem_hymSlD-RJQXbj8oM7lLXpg> All of our work is funded by you, our readers and listeners, on Patreon. To learn more and support us visit *https://patreon.com/workingclasshistory* <https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fpatreon.com%2Fworkingclasshistory%3Ffbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExZGNtZmUzaERDbEJCV1ZYb3NydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR4zxnhIhtyg3e0svsqh7G58MSszigO6M3DnOjYxGdBBiw2fK4lTMOmhb-npoQ_aem_hymSlD-RJQXbj8oM7lLXpg&h=AT1ehCktD1Qfq8Kmvl3CrXQDXcv25cnCkNvDt-pdOfmHrFt-UKSOIAvbuiYxg8Z6nyvKdLz6vX3QDOEmaVEYqhLvlTHvrdWM-ELjHhxjGbI8sfc2R5dzU6zUYlYJBXVs6duPhUeCqAiawA59LFlc-Mk9LJLRMw&__tn__=-UK-R&c%5b0%5d=AT3ZJaIcR_2zX6LwUWbPDcUMxe1cSKjbvcMKcClBdlLQq_FU7_RaiZ9hbY_4gI6JVyDiblHPYgsikwn4EzG7UL0r57dze-KnFIVrrtpb7XQpUpXhzlMdHNanJsj56L1SZamTDovcOYYQMcybrNTCU2N3te1B5gATf8K84h6cvW0yDAaBT2vNHwZFhOhV1VpYBUg2fjTVzu-Z77pRvBrQFi1x1-MtwaQW9aJo8tHZW7Qh> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#40636): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/40636 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/117772107/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
