<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (August 2014) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (August 2014) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Greek Civil War </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Part of the Cold War </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 30 March 1946--16 October 1949 (3 years, 6 months, 2 weeks and 2 days) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Greece </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> Hellenic Army victory </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Kingdom of Greece </P> <Ul> <Li> Hellenic Army </Li> </Ul> Supported by: British Empire (before 1947) United States (after 1947) </Td> <Td> <P> Provisional Democratic Government </P> <Ul> <Li> DSE </Li> </Ul> <P> NLF partisans </P> Supported by: Soviet Union Yugoslavia Bulgaria Albania </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Alexandros Papagos Konstantinos Ventiris Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos Ronald Scobie James Van Fleet </Td> <Td> Markos Vafiadis Nikolaos Zachariadis </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> At peak: 232,500 </Td> <Td> At peak: 26,000 (mid-1948) Total: c. 100,000 men and women served, of whom: 15,000--20,000 Slav - Macedonians 2,000--3,000 Pomaks 130--150 Cham Albanians </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Hellenic Army, Navy and Air Force, from August 16, 1945 to December 22, 1951: 15,268 dead 37,255 wounded 3,843 missing 865 deserters Hellenic Gendarmerie, from December 1, 1944 to December 27, 1951: 1,485 dead 3,143 wounded 159 missing . </P> British Armed Forces: 210 killed 1,000 wounded 733 missing </Td> <Td> Hellenic Army claim: 38,839 killed 20,128 captured </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Total: 158,000 killed 1,000,000 temporarily relocated during the war </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Greek Civil War </Th> </Tr>

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