Greek civil war

Greek Civil War

Part of the Cold War

Date	30 March 1946 – 16 October 1949 (3 years, 6 months, 2 weeks and 2 days)
Location	Greece
Result	Hellenic Army/Hellenic State victory

Belligerents

Kingdom of Greece

Hellenic Army

United Kingdom

United States (after 1947)

Provisional Democratic Government

NLF partisans

Supported by:
P.R. of Bulgaria

S.F.R. of Yugoslavia

P.R. of Albania

Commanders and leaders

Alexander Papagos

Konstantinos Ventiris

Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos

Strength

At peak:
232,500

At peak:
26,000 (mid-1948)
Total: c.100,000 men and women served, of whom:
15,000–20,000
Slav-Macedonians
2,000–3,000 Pomaks
130–150 Cham Albanians

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.

British Armed Forces:
210 killed
1,000 wounded
733 missing

Hellenic Army claim: 38,839 killed
20,128 captured

Total: 158,000 killed
1,000,000 temporarily relocated during the war

Kingdom of Greece

Provisional Democratic Government

NLF partisans

Supported by:
P.R. of Bulgaria

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