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The Kapetanios - Partisans and Civil War in Greece, 1943-1949 (Paperback)
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The Kapetanios - Partisans and Civil War in Greece, 1943-1949 (Paperback)
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The Greek Civil War was one of the bloodiest of modern times: it
cost the lives of more than 600,000 people out of a population of 7
million. It was one of the founding moments of the Cold War and a
pilot experience, in Europe itself, of the Western imperialist
intervention practised in South-East Asia and elsewhere today. This
book is the first blow-by-blow account of the process of the Greek
Revolution and its background in the Resistance against Nazi
occupation and fascist collaboration in the Second World War. The
'kapetanios' were the guerilla chiefs in the mountains in Greece
who led the anti-fascist partisans, first against the Italian and
German occupying forces and their Greek quislings, and then against
the British troops who landed to prevent a partisan victory.
Besides extensive use of Greek, British and German written sources,
the author has interviewed many of the surviving Greek partisans
and political leaders. He reconstructs the course of the Civil War
and establishes the depth and significance of British intelligence
activity and military intervention. He also recreates the internal
conflicts which simmered and exploded within the ranks of EAM - the
Greek National Liberation Front. This was a conflict between those
who were for an all-out offensive against British occupation and
its Greek supporters, and those orthodox Communists who obeyed
Stalin's acceptance at Yalta of British dominance in Greece - and
ordered the guerillas to lay down their arms in 1946. Eudes shows
how, in the 'second' Civil War that followed, the Greek partisans
suffered from this fateful initial surrender. However, it was only
after years of bitter fighting and massive intervention by British
and US forces that the Greek monarchist counter-revolution achieved
ultimate victory in 1949. The consequences of that victory of the
'free world' can be seen in the fascist military regime of
Papadopoulos today.
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