The civil war in Greece (1946-1949) – an internal war between the CPG and the monarchist Greek government after the Second World War. Following the agreement in Varqiza and the branch office of ELAS (12. ⅱ 1945), the government began to conduct terror against Opinetical CPG, EAM, ELAS and especially against Macedonians. In early 1946 The CPG decided to be militarily opposed to the monarchist regime. The civil war began with the attack on the police station in the village. Lithochoro (1946). In 1947 The first partisan groups were formed, and in October the Supreme Partisan headquarters and district headquarters for Macedonia, Epirus, Thessaly, Peloponnese and Thrace, and the temporary democratic government of Greece (HMAG) of free territories were constituted. The Greek army (12,000), with the help of the United States, began offensive actions against the units of the Democratic Army. In 1948, in the Pind Gramos region, large military operations took place for the destruction of partisan units. DAG units suffered Peloponnese defeats and Thessaly. In August 1949, after heavy battles of Gramos and Vicho, Doug was defeated on 15 oct. The temporary democratic government announced stopping military actions. In the civil war in Greece, the Macedonians massively participated in the CPG party, the only political force that recognized the Macedonian national identity. 15,000 Macedonians were fought in the ranks of DAG, OK. The half of DAG forces. The DAG chief headquarters with a special act recognized the rights of minorities in Greece, after which the Macedonians affirm their ethno cultural values. In the period from 1947 to 1949, courses for Macedonian People’s Teachers were opened in the Aegean part of Macedonia, 87 Macedonian schools with 10,000 students were published and newspapers of the Macedonian literary language were published. Macedonian language was introduced in the service, Macedonian cultural and artistic companies that affirmed the Macedonian word through songs and dances were formed. The defeat of the CPG in Greece (1949) had severe consequences for the Macedonians. The Macedonian name and the Macedonian language were again banned. About 20,000 Macedonians lost their lives, and 60,000 (Macedonians and Greeks), including 28,000 children, immigrated to Eastern European countries (Yugoslavia, USSR, Romania, government troops in the civil war in Greece in Action Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria and Czechoslovakia). Lit.: L. Panovska, Civil War in Greece (1946-1949), end of an illusion, Skopje, 2003; R. Kiryazovski, CPG and the Macedonian national question 1918- 1914, Skopje, 1982; S. Acidenovski, the status of the Macedonian language in Macedonia (1913-1987), Skopje, 1987; N. Pejov, Macedonians and Civil War in Greece, Skopje, 1968. St. KIS.
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Кириличен напис ГРАЃАНСКАТА ВОЈНА ВО ГРЦИЈА