After the evacuation of German forces from Greece in 1944, the Greek civil war broke out and was fought in Greece from 1947 to 1950 between the Greek government army (backed by the United Kingdom and the United States), and the Democratic Army of Greece, a military branch of the Greek Communist Party backed by the Soviets.
The Greek Civil War is often referred to as the first battle in the Cold War as it was the first battle between the super powers of the United States and the USSR . In 1949 the United States signed an official alliance with NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) and it continues today as an alliance against communist rule. In his speech, Truman declared:”It must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples
The Greek Civil War is often referred to as the first battle in the Cold War as it was the first battle between the super powers of the United States and the USSR . In 1949 the United States signed an official alliance with NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) and it continues today as an alliance against communist rule. In his speech, Truman declared:”It must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples