EOKA

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EOKA was a Greek Cypriot nationalist guerrilla organization that fought to end British colonial rule in Cyprus and achieve union with Greece during the 1950s.

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EOKA canonical 3

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instanceOf guerrilla organization
nationalist organization
abbreviation EOKA NERFINISHED
activeIn 1950s
alsoKnownAs Ethniki Organosis Kyprion Agoniston NERFINISHED
commander Georgios Grivas NERFINISHED
conflict Cyprus Emergency NERFINISHED
country Cyprus NERFINISHED
endTime 1959
ethnicComposition Greek Cypriots NERFINISHED
founder Georgios Grivas NERFINISHED
goal end of British colonial rule in Cyprus
union of Cyprus with Greece
historicalPeriod Cold War era
ideology Greek Cypriot nationalism
enosis
leader Georgios Grivas NERFINISHED
location Cyprus NERFINISHED
method assassinations
bombings
guerrilla warfare
sabotage
motto Freedom or Death NERFINISHED
notableLeader Georgios Grivas NERFINISHED
notableMember Archbishop Makarios III NERFINISHED
opponent British Armed Forces NERFINISHED
Colonial Police in Cyprus NERFINISHED
Turkish Cypriot paramilitaries NERFINISHED
United Kingdom NERFINISHED
opposedBy British colonial administration in Cyprus NERFINISHED
Turkish Cypriot leadership NERFINISHED
opposedTo British colonial rule in Cyprus
politicalWing Ethnarchy Council of Cyprus NERFINISHED
primaryLanguage Greek
region Eastern Mediterranean NERFINISHED
religiousAffiliation Greek Orthodox Christianity
resultOfActivities London–Zurich Agreements NERFINISHED
independence of Cyprus in 1960
startTime 1955
status defunct
successor EOKA B NERFINISHED
supportedBy elements in Greece
sections of the Greek Cypriot population
target British administrative infrastructure in Cyprus
British military installations in Cyprus
British security personnel in Cyprus

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