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The '''Greek Civil War''' took place between 1944 and 1949 after the [[Communist]]-led resistance movement ELAS (which had since 1942 been fighting anti-[[Communist]] [[Greek]] partisans as well as the occupying [[German]] forces) attacked forces loyal to the Greek Government-in-Exile, which had returned to [[Athens]] after the German withdrawal. The communist rising was defeated with the aid of [[British]] troops.
The '''Greek Civil War''' took place between 1944 and 1949 after the [[Communist]]-led resistance movement ELAS (which had since 1942 been fighting anti-[[Communist]] [[Greek]] partisans as well as the occupying [[German]] forces) attacked forces loyal to the Greek Government-in-Exile, which had returned to [[Athens]] after the German withdrawal. The communist rising was defeated with the aid of [[British]] troops.
Total losses incurred by the resistance movement were around 10,000, with the exiled government's forces lost about 55,000 men.<ref>http://www.onwar.com/aced/data/golf/greece1944.htm</ref>
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