 In December , the 4th Infantry Division was deployed to Greece to reinforce British forces embroiled in the country 's civil war . Conflict in Greece between government forces and Communist partisans followed the vacuum created by the German withdrawal . The partisans ( <unk> ) sought to establish themselves as the new political authority and confronted the British @-@ supported government @-@ in @-@ exile when ordered to disband and disarm . Within 24 hours of being flown to Piraeus on 12 December , the 2nd King 's had to engage partisans in a brief action , seizing occupied barracks at a cost of 14 casualties . During a seven @-@ week internal security employment , there were many instances of house @-@ to @-@ house and street fighting in Athens . By mid @-@ January 1945 , the city had been cleared of insurgents and a ceasefire agreed upon , followed by the <unk> Agreement in February . The King 's remained for a year to support a tense peace until they left for Cyprus . 
