Difference between revisions of "Dimokratikos Stratos Elladas"

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'''Dimokratikos Stratos Elladas''' ([[Democratic Army of Greece]]) was the name of the [[KKE|Communist]] army during the [[Greek Civil War]]. In effect, it was the successor of [[ELAS]] as the communist resistance army was called during the German occupation of Greece.
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#REDIRECT[[Democratic Army of Greece]]
 
 
The DSE was founded in October [[1946]] with [[Markos Vafiadis]] (General Markos) as its commander. He was replaced towards the end of [[1948]] after the DSE suffered several setbacks on the battlefield ([[Battle of Grammos]], [[Battle of Vitsi]]).
 
 
 
After the defeat of the DSE, many of its members fled to the various socialist republics of Eastern Europe where many still live today though many have returned since [[1974]].
 

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