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Operation Pyravlos

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Period
  
5 May 1949 – July 1949

Result
  
National Army victory

Similar
  
Greek Civil War, Dekemvriana, Congo Crisis

Operation Pyravlos (Greek: Επιχείρηση «Πύραυλος», "Rocket") was a military campaign of the Greek Civil War launched by the National Army of the Athens-based internationally recognized government, under General Alexander Papagos. All communist forces in central Greece were defeated and the only areas under communist control were Grammos and Vitsi.

References

Operation Pyravlos Wikipedia