greek civil war (3 dic 1944 anni – 16 ottob 1949 anni)

Descrizione:

2 guerilla groups in greece were trying t resiste the germans

communist
--> national liberation front- national popular liberation army

british sponsered
--> greek national democratic army


at the end of nazi operations, the communists set up a provisional government under british auspices which removed the king from his throne

goverment collapsed when communists refused to disband their guerilla force resulting in a civil war

sep 1946: another election was held and royalist faction was returned to power

communist conducted full scale warfare and the government and british spondered group were overwhelmed

they sent a call to the us for help

stalin was not apart of the greek communists as he was upholding his end of the percentages agreement

it was yugoslavia led by their leader tito

when tito and stalin had a falling out in 1948, the greek communists decided to support stalin resulting in the withdrawal of support from tito

collapse of the government in greece and their defeat in 1949

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