British authorities in Greece

E300094

military occupation authority political actor

British authorities in Greece were the representatives of the British government who intervened militarily and politically in Greece during and after World War II, particularly in opposition to leftist resistance movements.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
British authorities in Greece canonical	1
British government in Greece	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military occupation authority ⓘ political actor ⓘ
activeFrom	1941 ⓘ
activeUntil	late 1940s ⓘ
alignedWith	Allied forces ⓘ surface form: Allied powers
appliesToJurisdiction	Greece ⓘ
cooperatedWith	Greek government-in-exile ⓘ Greek royalist forces ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
goal	maintain British influence in Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ prevent communist takeover in Greece ⓘ
historicalContext	early Cold War in Europe ⓘ end of Axis occupation of Greece ⓘ
ideologicalPosition	anti-communist ⓘ pro-monarchist ⓘ
influenced	Greek foreign policy orientation ⓘ Greek security apparatus ⓘ post-war Greek state formation ⓘ
intervenedIn	Greek internal politics ⓘ Greek military affairs ⓘ
involvedInConflict	Dekemvriana ⓘ Greek Civil War ⓘ
negotiatedWith	Greek political parties ⓘ Greek resistance groups ⓘ
operatedIn	Athens ⓘ Macedonia (Greece) ⓘ surface form: Greek Macedonia Peloponnese ⓘ Piraeus ⓘ
opposed	Greek People’s Liberation Army (ELAS) ⓘ National Liberation Front (EAM) ⓘ leftist resistance movements in Greece ⓘ
partOf	UK government ⓘ surface form: British government British military command in the Mediterranean ⓘ
relatedTo	Foreign and Commonwealth Office ⓘ surface form: British Foreign Office War Office ⓘ surface form: British War Office United Kingdom military mission in Greece ⓘ surface form: British military mission in Greece
supported	Greek monarchy ⓘ anti-communist forces in Greece ⓘ conservative Greek political forces ⓘ
timePeriod	Greek Civil War ⓘ World War II ⓘ
usedLanguage	English ⓘ
usedMilitaryForce	yes ⓘ
usedPoliticalPressure	yes ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

EAM (National Liberation Front) → opposedBy → British authorities in Greece ⓘ

British Embassy in Athens → representsInterestsOf → British authorities in Greece ⓘ

this entity surface form: British government in Greece