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TheGreek Civil War(Greek:ο Eμφύλιος [Πόλεμος], \"the Civil War\") was fought from 1946 to 1949 between the Greek government army—backed by theUnited Kingdomand theUnited States—and theDemocratic Army of Greece(DSE), the military branch of theGreek Communist Party(KKE), backed byBulgaria,YugoslaviaandAlbania. It was the result of a highly polarized struggle betweenleftistsandrightiststhat started in 1943 and targeted the power vacuum that theGerman-Italian occupationduringWorld War IIhad created. One of the first conflicts of theCold War, according to some analysts it represents the first example of postwar North European and North American involvement in the internal politics of a foreign country.[11]

The first signs of the civil war occurred in 1942–1944, during the Occupation. With theGreek government in exileunable to influence the situation at home, various resistance groups of differing political affiliations emerged, the dominant ones being the leftistNational Liberation Front(EAM), and its military branchGreek People\'s Liberation Army(ELAS), which was controlled effectively by the KKE. Starting in autumn 1943, friction among EAM and the other resistance groups resulted in scattered clashes, which continued until the spring of 1944 when an agreement was reached forming a national unity government that included six EAM-affiliated ministers.

The prelude of the civil war took place in Athens, December 1944, less than two months after Germans had retreated. A bloody battle (the \"Dekemvrianá\") erupted after Greek government gendarmes, with British forces standing in the background, opened fire on a massive unarmed pro-EAM rally, killing 28 demonstrators and injuring dozens. The rally had been organized against the impunity of theNazi collaboratorsand the general disarmament ultimatum, signed by Gen. Scobie, which had excluded the right-wing forces. The battle lasted 33 days and resulted in the defeat of EAM after the heavily reinforced British forces sided with the Greek government.

The subsequent signing of thetreaty of Varkizaspelled the end of the left-wing organization\'s ascendancy: the ELAS was partly disarmed, while EAM soon after lost its multi-party character, to become dominated by KKE. All the while,White Terrorwas unleashed against EAM-KKE supporters, further escalating the tensions between the dominant factions of the nation.

The war erupted in 1946 when forces of former ELAS partisans that found shelter in their hideouts and were controlled by the KKE organized the DSE and its High Command headquarters. KKE backed up the endeavor, deciding that there were no more political means to use against the internationally recognized government that had been formed after the1946 elections, which the KKE had boycotted. The Communists formed a provisional government and used DSE as the military branch of this government. The neighboringcommuniststates of Albania, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria offered logistical support to the Provisional Government, especially to the forces operating in the north.

Despite setbacks suffered by government forces from 1946 until 1948, increased American aid, the failure of the DSE to attract sufficient recruits and the side effects of theTito–Stalin spliteventually led to victory for the government troops. The final victory of the western-allied government forces led to Greece\'s membership inNATOand helped to define the ideological balance of power in theAegean Seafor the entire Cold War. The civil war also left Greece with a vehementlyanti-Communistsecurity establishment, which would lead to the establishment of theGreek military junta of 1967–1974and a legacy of political polarization that lasted until the 1980s.

Contents[hide]

• 1Background: 1941–44
  • 1.1Origins
    • 1.1.1Guerrilla control over rural areas
  • 1.2The first conflicts: 1942–1944
  • 1.3Egypt \"mutiny\" and the Lebanon conference
• 2Confrontation: 1944
  • 2.1From the Lebanon conference to the outbreak
  • 3Interlude: 1945–1946
  • 4Civil War: 1946–1949
    • 4.1The crest: 1946–1948
      • 4.1.1Conventional warfare
    • 4.2Communist evacuation of the children and the Queen\'s Camps
    • 4.3The end of the war: 1949
  • 5Post-war division and reconciliation
  • 6List of abbreviations
  • 7See also
  • 8Notes
  • 9Bibliography
    • 9.1Non-Greek sources
    • 9.2Greek sources
  • 10External links
  
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  MEGA RARE GREEK CIVIL WAR NATIONAL ARMY MEDALLION-BADGE/PAPAGOS-1946-49\"AEY-MEA\":
  $19.90