Democratic Army of Greece

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communist guerrilla army military wing of a political party

The Democratic Army of Greece was the communist-led military force that fought against the Greek government and its allies during the Greek Civil War in the late 1940s.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Democratic Army of Greece canonical 14
Democratic Army of Greece guerrilla forces 1
Dimokratikos Stratos Elladas 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf communist guerrilla army ⓘ
military wing of a political party ⓘ
activePeriod late 1940s ⓘ
allies local communist partisans ⓘ
causeOf large-scale internal displacement in Greece ⓘ
commander Markos Vafiadis ⓘ
Markos Vafiadis ⓘ
surface form: Nikolaos Zachariadis

Markos Vafiadis ⓘ
surface form: Vasilis Bartziotas
conflict Greek Civil War ⓘ
country Greece ⓘ
dissolved 1949 ⓘ
endTime 1949 ⓘ
foundedBy Communist Party of Greece ⓘ
goal establishment of a socialist regime in Greece ⓘ
overthrow of the Greek monarchy-backed government ⓘ
hasAlternativeName DSE ⓘ
Democratic Army of Greece ⓘ
surface form: Dimokratikos Stratos Elladas
headquarters mountainous regions of northern Greece ⓘ
historicalPeriod early Cold War ⓘ
ideology Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
communism ⓘ
language Greek ⓘ
leader Markos Vafiadis ⓘ
militaryBranchOf Communist Party of Greece ⓘ
notableBattle battle of Grammos–Vitsi ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Grammos

Battle of Vitsi ⓘ
operations in the Peloponnese ⓘ
operationalArea central Greece ⓘ
surface form: Central Greece

Northern Greece ⓘ
Peloponnese ⓘ
opposedTo Government of Greece ⓘ
Greek National Army ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
parentOrganization Communist Party of Greece ⓘ
partOf Greek Civil War ⓘ
precededBy National Liberation Front (EAM) ⓘ
surface form: Greek People’s Liberation Army
recruitsFrom former members of the Greek People’s Liberation Army ⓘ
rural population of Greece ⓘ
resultOf post–World War II political tensions in Greece ⓘ
startTime 1946 ⓘ
status defeated ⓘ
supportedBy Albania ⓘ
surface form: People’s Republic of Albania

Bulgaria ⓘ
surface form: People’s Republic of Bulgaria

Yugoslavia ⓘ
surface form: Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
timeInForce 3 years ⓘ
usesTactic conventional warfare in later stages ⓘ
guerrilla warfare ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Greek Civil War → mainBelligerent → Democratic Army of Greece ⓘ
Democratic Army of Greece → hasAlternativeName → Democratic Army of Greece ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dimokratikos Stratos Elladas
battle of Grammos–Vitsi → opponent → Democratic Army of Greece ⓘ
subject surface form: Battle of Grammos–Vitsi
battle of Grammos–Vitsi → belligerent → Democratic Army of Greece ⓘ
subject surface form: Battle of Grammos–Vitsi
battle of Grammos–Vitsi → combatant2 → Democratic Army of Greece ⓘ
subject surface form: Battle of Grammos–Vitsi
Greek National Army → opponent → Democratic Army of Greece ⓘ
Markos Vafiadis → militaryBranch → Democratic Army of Greece ⓘ
DSE → nativeName → Democratic Army of Greece ⓘ
subject surface form: Democratic Army of Greece
this entity surface form: Δημοκρατικός Στρατός Ελλάδας
Battle of Vitsi → belligerent → Democratic Army of Greece ⓘ
Battle of Vitsi → opponent → Democratic Army of Greece ⓘ
Battle of Vitsi → combatant → Democratic Army of Greece ⓘ
this entity surface form: Democratic Army of Greece guerrilla forces
Mount Vitsi → usedBy → Democratic Army of Greece ⓘ
Grammos Mountains → usedBy → Democratic Army of Greece ⓘ
Greek People’s Liberation Army (ELAS) → successor → Democratic Army of Greece ⓘ
subject surface form: Greek People’s Liberation Army
Battle of Grammos → combatant → Democratic Army of Greece ⓘ
Battle of Grammos → opponent → Democratic Army of Greece ⓘ
ELAS → fullName → Democratic Army of Greece ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ellinikós Laïkós Apeleftherotikós Stratós
ELAS → successor → Democratic Army of Greece ⓘ