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    The Dekemvriana (Greek: Δεκεμβριανά, "December events") refers to a series of clashes fought during World War II in Athens from 3 December 1944 to 11...
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    various military operations of the Greek Civil War, most notably the Dekemvriana. Organization X was founded in 1941 by General Georgios Lavdas with Colonel...
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    responsible for all the Allied forces. Although he resigned in 1945, after the Dekemvriana events, he continued to hold high office. From 1946–1952 he served as...
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    military defeat against the British and the government forces in the Dekemvriana clashes. This marked the beginning of its gradual decline, the disarmament...
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    period of the Greek resistance until February 1945, when, following the Dekemvriana clashes and the Varkiza Agreement, it was disarmed and disbanded. ELAS...
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    were killed, and 148 were injured. This signaled the beginning of the Dekemvriana (Greek: Δεκεμβριανά, "the December events"), a 37-day period of full-scale...
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    EAM-dominated people's army. This tension eventually spilled over into the Dekemvriana events in Athens, where the Sacred Band fought against ELAS forces. Throughout...
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    began with a mass killing of largely unarmed EAM supporters known as the Dekemvriana on December 3, 1944. The left-wing attempted to retaliate, but was outgunned...
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  • of the Greek People's Liberation Army ELAS during Dekemvriana. The song was written during Dekemvriana and was recorded at 1972 with other Greek partisans...
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  • 1944) was a celebrated Greek stage actress who was murdered during the Dekemvriana events, accused for political reasons by the communists,[citation needed]...
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  • Papandreou's government, backed by the British, and EAM-ELAS, resulted in the Dekemvriana clashes in Athens (December 1944 – January 1945), where EAM-ELAS was...
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    Clashes in Athens during the Dekemvriana events...
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    of his father and looking for him among the dead bodies (during the "Dekemvriana" in Athens) had a great impact on his cinematography. He studied law...
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  • Engagements World War II Tunisia Campaign Dodecanese Campaign Greek Civil War Dekemvriana Turkish invasion of Cyprus War in Afghanistan Commanders Current commander...
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  • Greece (KKE) for EAM-ELAS, following the latter's defeat during the Dekemvriana clashes. One of the aspects of the accord (Article IX) called for a plebiscite...
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    killing of 3,000 of the island's inhabitants. In the aftermath of the Dekemvriana in Athens, Cretan leftists were targeted by the right-wing paramilitary...
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    gendarmerie headquarters and a violent battle took place there during the Dekemvriana, in 1944. In the Makrygianni neighbourhood is located the new Acropolis...
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  • between the Communist Forces and the Greek government, culminating in Dekemvriana, a series of clashes fought during World War II in Athens from 3 December...
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    Conference Caserta Agreement Operation "Manna" Percentages agreement Dekemvriana Treaty of Varkiza White Terror People Ronald Scobie Georgios Papandreou...
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    Start date End date Western Bloc related Eastern Bloc related Region Dekemvriana December 3, 1944 January 11, 1945 Kingdom of Greece United Kingdom EAM...
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    Greek resistance, EAM and its military wing ELAS, would take power (see Dekemvriana) or come into conflict with British troops. Macmillan rode in a tank...
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    and ordered British forces to intervene in the Greek Civil War (see Dekemvriana) in the wake of the retreating German military. This was to be a lengthy...
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    A soldier from the 5th (Scottish) Parachute Battalion takes cover in Athens during the Dekemvriana events, 18 December 1944...
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  • arrested and placed in Averof prison in Athens waiting trial. During the Dekemvriana events, a group of EAM-ELAS guerrillas under officer Stavros Mavrothalassitis...
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    the acting general secretary of the KKE since January 1942. The bloody Dekemvriana had just ended with the communists' defeat. Zachariadis now declared...
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    nucleus of the new Greek armed forces that fought against EAM in the Dekemvriana, and against the Communists during the Greek Civil War. After the war...
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    Palace. This incident was the beginning of the 37‑day Battle of Athens (Dekemvriana). Following a ceasefire agreement called the Treaty of Varkiza, ELAS...
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    Conference Caserta Agreement Operation "Manna" Percentages agreement Dekemvriana Treaty of Varkiza White Terror People Ronald Scobie Georgios Papandreou...
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  • views and he was imprisoned in a British concentration camp during the Dekemvriana He died in Athens. Varvoglis' music belongs to the Greek national school...
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    Greenwich Mean Time on the tenth day of May 1945” In the aftermath of the Dekemvriana in Athens, Cretan leftists were targeted by the right wing paramilitary...
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