Sacred Squadron (Greece)
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The Sacred Squadron was a Greek special forces unit formed in 1942 in the Middle East, composed mostly of Greek officers and officer cadets under the command of Col. Christodoulos Tsigantes. It fought
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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.