Which country did Makarios III flee to during the Second World War?
Germany
Turkey
South Africa
Egypt
Answer
Makarios III, the Archbishop of Cyprus and future president of the Republic of Cyprus, fled to Egypt during the Second World War to escape the British colonial authorities, who were wary of his political activism and perceived him as a threat to their control over the island.
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