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Events
February
- 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
- May 1: Justice Minister, Christos Ladas, is assassinated during the Greek Civil War.
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 Communists from the northern Pindus mountains.
August
- August 21: The national forces abandon "Operation Coronis" in the Greek Civil War.
October
- October 31: The last entry in Greek armored cruiser Georgios Averof's log reads: «Συνήθης εν όρμω υπηρεσία. Κινήσεις συμφώνως τω πίνακι. Εκτακτον ουδέν»
Births
July
- July 27: Pavlos Sidiropoulos, rock musician