Pilot Accidentally Lands in Enemy Airfield and Other Historic Mistakes

Pilot Accidentally Lands in Enemy Airfield and Other Historic Mistakes

Khalid Elhassan - October 5, 2020

Pilot Accidentally Lands in Enemy Airfield and Other Historic Mistakes
A Barbary macaque monkey of the kind that killed King Alexander of Greece. People Magazine

6. A Monkey Bite With Far-Reaching Consequences.

Far-reaching consequences flowed from those monkey bites. Alexander’s death resulted in the restoration of his deposed father. The new old king was not as friendly to the military – who had supported his deposition – as his son had been. Drastic cuts in military spending, and serious reorganizations, followed his return to the throne. The pro-Entente premier Venizelos was also ousted.

The changes in the political environment led the British and French to question Greece’s commitment to the campaign in Turkey. As a result, they made their own peace deals with the resurgent Turks. Between that and the military turmoil, the Greek invasion of Turkey ended in disaster and defeat. All because King Alexander and his dog messed with the wrong monkey.

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