Its silver bullet solution having failed, the junta begins a wider armed and political campaign against Makarios.

With the help of the Greek junta Grivas returns secretly to Cyprus in August to prevent Makarios’ “betrayal of enosis” and he founds Eoka B. Grivas, however, is no longer confronting a colonial power but challenging an elected and charismatic Greek Cypriot leader who has huge support as the spiritual and temporal head of his community.