Dekemvriana
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The Dekemvriana (, "December events") refers to a series of clashes fought during World War II in Athens 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 , some parts of the Hellenic Royal Army, the Hellenic Gendarmerie, the Cities Police, the Organization X, among others and also the British Army.
Key facts
- Military conflict.conflict
- Dekemvriana
- Military conflict.partof
- World War II and the prelude to the Greek Civil War
- Military conflict.image
- 5th Scottish Parachute Battalion Athens 1944.jpg
- Military conflict.image_size
- 280px
- Military conflict.caption
- A Sherman tank and troops from the 5th (Scottish) Parachute Battalion, British 2nd Parachute Brigade together with their Greek allies, fighting against members of ELAS in Athens, 18 December 1944.
- Military conflict.place
- Athens, Greece
- Military conflict.date
- 3 December 1944 – 11 January 1945()
- Military conflict.result
- Kingdom of Greece victory Treaty of Varkiza Start of the Greek Civil War
- Military conflict.combatant1
- Kingdom of Greece 3rd Mountain Brigade Sacred Band Hellenic Gendarmerie Cities Police ΡΕΑΝ RAN Organization XEx-members of the Security Battalions EDES (in Epirus) British Army
- Military conflict.combatant2
- EAM ELAS National Civil Guard OPLA Students Band "Lord Byron"
- Military conflict.commander1
- Georgios Papandreou Nikolaos Plastiras Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos Christodoulos Tsigantes Angelos Evert Georgios Grivas Dionysios Papadongonas Winston Churchill Ronald Scobie John Hawkesworth
- Military conflict.commander2
- Georgios Siantos Manolis Mantakas Giannis Zevgos Grigoris Farakos Stavros Mavrothalassitis Konstantinos Laggouranis
- Military conflict.strength1
- 11,600 4,000–4,500(since 12–16 Dec 1944) 80,000–90,000(since 18 Dec 1944)
- Military conflict.strength2
- 17,800
- Military conflict.casualties1
- 1,200 killed 210 killed1,000 wounded733 missing
- Military conflict.casualties2
- 2,000 killed
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- battle
- Part of
- World War II
- Country
- Greece
- Location
- Athens
- Image
- 5th Scottish Parachute Battalion Athens 1944.jpg
- Participant
- Kingdom of Greece
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- Commons category
- Dekemvriana
- start time
- 1944-12-03
- end time
- 1945-01-11
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Background
- The events
- Churchill in Athens
- Aftermath
- People
- References
- Further reading
The Dekemvriana (, "December events") refers to a series of clashes fought during World War II in Athens 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 , some parts of the Hellenic Royal Army, the Hellenic Gendarmerie, the Cities Police, the Organization X, among others and also the British Army.
Regardless of the tensions between the left and the right, in May 1944 it had been roughly agreed in the Lebanon Conference that all non-collaborationist factions would participate in a Government of National Unity; eventually 6 out of 24 ministers were appointed by EAM. Additionally, a few weeks before the withdrawal of the German troops in October 1944, it had been reaffirmed in the Caserta Agreement that all collaborationist forces would be tried and punished accordingly; and that all resistance forces would participate in the formation of the new Hellenic Army under British command.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dekemvriana” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.