Battle

Battle of Spilia

11 Dec 1955 · 35.00° N, 33.00° E

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When
11 Dec 1955
Kind
Battle
Coordinates
35.00° N, 33.00° E
Description
1955 battle

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

Battle of Spilia

The Battle of Spilia is the name given to a battle in the Cyprus Emergency that took place in the neighbourhood of the Cypriot village of Spilia on either 11 or 12 December 1955. The engagement involved approximately 12 members of Georgios Grivas’s EOKA group and a 40 man detachment of the 45 Commando Royal Marines supported by the rest of the force intending to trap the insurgents. In British military sources this i…

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