Ogun Abẹ́lé Gríìsì

Greek Civil War
Part of the Cold War
Map of Greece.
Date 1946 - 1949 Location Greece Result National Army victory
Belligerents
National Army Supported By: United States United Kingdom	Democratic Army of Greece * N.O.F. partisans Supported By: Soviet Union P. Rep. of Albania
Commanders
Alexander Papagos, Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos	Markos Vafiadis, Nikolaos Zachariadis
Strength
150,000	51,000
Casualties and losses
Hellenic Army, Navy and Air Force, from August 16, 1945 to December 22, 1951: 15,268 dead 37,255 wounded 3,843 missing 865 deserters Hellenic Gendarmerie, from December 1, 1944 to December 27, 1951: 1,485 dead 3,143 wounded 159 missing.
1,000,000 people were relocated temporarily during the war

Ogun Abẹ́lé Gríìsì (Gíríkì: ο Eμφύλιος [Πόλεμος], "the Civil War") was fought from 1946 to 1949 between the Greek governmental army, backed by the United Kingdom and United States, and the Democratic Army of Greece (ΔΣΕ), the military branch of the Greek Communist Party (KKE), backed by Bulgaria, Yugoslavia and Albania.