GREECE: Royal Gendarmerie War Cross, 1946 -
for the operations of the Greek Civil War (1946 -
1949).
The War Cross of the Royal Gendarmerie was
established in 1946. It was awarded to Officers,
NCOs and men of the Gendarmerie for acts of
bravery and heroism on the battlefield, during the
operations against the Communist insurgents.
The Greek Civil War (1946 - 1949) was the struggle
between the Greek Royal Army (backed up by
Great Britain and the United States) and the
Democratic Army of Greece (DSE), the military
branch of the Greek Communist Party (backed up
by Yugoslavia, Albania and Bulgaria).
The result was the defeat of the Communist
insurgents by the government forces and the
establishment of a West Oriented Government
in Greece.
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Greek Civil War 1946 - 1949
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