Greek Civil War
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The Greek Civil War took place from 1946 to 1949. The conflict, which erupted shortly after the end of World War II, consisted of a Communist-led uprising against the established government of the Kin
QF 25 pounder gun of the Hellenic Army during the Civil War
ELAS guerrillas
George II during his visit to a Greek fighter station, 1944
Athenians celebrate the liberation, October 1944.
Nikos Zachariadis
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Nikos Zachariadis was a Greek politician and revolutionary who served as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece from 1931 to 1956.
Greek Civil War
…as Gyaros and Makronisos, with purges and internments peaking during the military dictatorship (1967–1974). The KKE, which had ousted longtime leader Nikos Zachariadis in Tashkent in 1956 owing to de-Stalinization, was decriminalised following Greece's transition to democracy in 1974, and secured official recognition…
A photo of Zachariadis, from the 30 May 1945 edition of Rizospastis.
Nikos Zachariadis, president of the Supreme Military Council of Democratic Army of Greece