Difference between revisions of "1948"

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February 18: The CISM is founded by member states Belgium, Holland, Luxembourg, Denmark and France in Nice, France. Greece will become member on March 8, 1950.
February 24: American General James Van Fleet arrives in Greece to assist the national forces against the Democratic Army of Greece in the Greek Civil War.

May 1: Justice Minister, Christos Ladas, is assassinated during the Greek Civil War.
May 8: American journalist, George Polk, is murdered in Thessaloniki.

June 14: Operation Coronis is put into effect during the Greek Civil War by the national forces. Its aim is to drive out the Communists from the northern Pindus mountains.

August 21: The national forces abandon "Operation Coronis" in the Greek Civil War.

October 31: The last entry in Greek armored cruiser Georgios Averof's log reads: «Συνήθης εν όρμω υπηρεσία. Κινήσεις συμφώνως τω πίνακι. Εκτακτον ουδέν»

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 ===May===
 *[[May 1]]: Justice Minister, [[Christos Ladas]], is assassinated during the [[Greek Civil War]].
+*[[May 8]]: American journalist, [[George Polk]], is murdered in [[Thessaloniki]].
 ===June===
 *[[June 14]]: Operation Coronis is put into effect during the [[Greek Civil War]] by the national forces. Its aim is to drive out the [[DSE|Communists]] from the northern [[Pindus]] mountains.