Dekemvriana

When

3 Dec 1944 – 11 Jan 1945

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

37.98° N, 23.73° E

Description

1944 Greek Civil War clashes

War

World War II

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

Greek Civil War clashes

The Dekemvriana was a series of clashes fought during World War II in Athens, Greece, from 3 December 1944 to 11 January 1945. The conflict was the culmination of months of tension between the left-wing EAM, some parts of its military arm, the ELAS, stationed in Athens, the KKE and the OPLA from one side and from the other side, the Greek Government, some parts of the Hellenic Royal Army, the Hellenic Gendarmerie, th…

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Dekemvriana: Fighting breaks out between Communists and royalists in newly liberated Greece, eventually leading to a full-scale Greek Civil War”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Nach dem Ende der deutschen Besetzung Griechenlands bricht die Schlacht um Athen zwischen der zuvor im Widerstand aktiven linksgerichteten ELAS und den ab dem…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “début des évènements du Dekemvrianá”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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