1945

Events

January 3: General Nikolaos Plastiras forms a government in the midst of the post-World War II crisis. His greatest achievement will be the Varkiza Agreement.
January 11: A ceasefire is agreed upon between the British and the forces of EAM-ELAS

February 2: Negotiations begin at Varkiza between the government of Nikolaos Plastiras and the leadership of EAM.
February 12: The Varkiza Agreement is signed - it was an agreement that terminated institutionally the political and military fighting of December 1944 ("December events") and aimed at reconciliating the opposite blocs of the country.
February 21: Gen. Georgios Tsolakoglou is put on trial for treason, having surrendered the Greek Army in 1941 and serving as a quisling PM.

March 7: Prime Minister Nikolaos Plastiras rules out Communists for his cabinet.
March 23: DDT arrives in Greece to combat malaria.

May 31: Gen Georgios Tsolakoglou is found guilty of treason and sentenced to death.

June 16: Aris Velouchiotis blows himself up with a hand grenade to avoid arrest. The former EAM leader had been denounced by the Greek Communist Party and was wanted by both royalists and communists.