battle of Grammos–Vitsi

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battle military campaign

The Battle of Grammos–Vitsi was the decisive 1949 military campaign in northern Greece that crushed the communist Democratic Army and effectively ended the Greek Civil War.

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Label Occurrences
Battle of Grammos 1
Battle of Grammos (1949) 1
Battle of Grammos–Vitsi 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
aftermath collapse of communist insurgency in Greece ⓘ
flight of many Democratic Army fighters to neighboring socialist countries ⓘ
alsoKnownAs battle of Grammos–Vitsi ⓘ
surface form: Grammos–Vitsi campaign
belligerent Democratic Army of Greece ⓘ
Kingdom of Greece ⓘ
combatant1 Greek Army ⓘ
surface form: Hellenic Army
combatant2 Democratic Army of Greece ⓘ
conflict Greek Civil War ⓘ
conflictType anti-communist campaign ⓘ
country Greece ⓘ
describedAs final and decisive battle of the Greek Civil War ⓘ
describedBySource modern Greek historiography ⓘ
endTime 1949-08-29 ⓘ
hasCause Greek Civil War ⓘ
historicalEra Cold War ⓘ
post–World War II period ⓘ
location Grammos Mountains ⓘ
Mount Vitsi ⓘ
northern Greece ⓘ
militaryBranchInvolved Hellenic Air Force ⓘ
Greek Army ⓘ
surface form: Hellenic Army
militaryObjective destruction of Democratic Army strongholds in Grammos and Vitsi ⓘ
opponent Democratic Army of Greece ⓘ
Greek Army ⓘ
surface form: Hellenic Army
partOf Greek Civil War ⓘ
early Cold War conflicts in Europe ⓘ
result decisive government victory ⓘ
defeat of the Democratic Army of Greece ⓘ
end of large-scale fighting in the Greek Civil War ⓘ
significance decisive campaign that ended the Greek Civil War ⓘ
startTime 1949-08-10 ⓘ
strategicImportance secured Greek government control over northern border regions ⓘ
supportedBy Albania ⓘ
Bulgaria ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

Yugoslavia ⓘ
timePeriod August 1949 ⓘ
topic Greek anti-communist operations ⓘ
used air power ⓘ
artillery ⓘ
infantry forces ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Greek Civil War → significantEvent → battle of Grammos–Vitsi ⓘ
Democratic Army of Greece → notableBattle → battle of Grammos–Vitsi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Grammos
battle of Grammos–Vitsi → alsoKnownAs → battle of Grammos–Vitsi ⓘ
subject surface form: Battle of Grammos–Vitsi
this entity surface form: Grammos–Vitsi campaign
DSE → notableBattle → battle of Grammos–Vitsi ⓘ
subject surface form: Democratic Army of Greece
this entity surface form: Battle of Grammos–Vitsi
Battle of Vitsi → relatedEvent → battle of Grammos–Vitsi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Grammos (1949)
Battle of Grammos → alsoKnownAs → battle of Grammos–Vitsi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grammos–Vitsi offensive