<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Greek Civil War </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Part of the Cold War </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 30 March 1946 -- 16 October 1949 ( 3 years , 6 months , 2 weeks and 2 days ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Greece </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> Hellenic Army victory </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Kingdom of Greece </P> <Ul> <Li> Hellenic Army </Li> </Ul> Supported by : British Empire ( before 1947 ) United States ( after 1947 ) </Td> <Td> <P> Provisional Democratic Government </P> <Ul> <Li> DSE </Li> </Ul> <P> NLF partisans </P> Supported by : Soviet Union Yugoslavia Bulgaria Albania </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Alexandros Papagos Konstantinos Ventiris Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos Ronald Scobie James Van Fleet </Td> <Td> Markos Vafiadis Nikolaos Zachariadis </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> At peak : 232,500 </Td> <Td> At peak : 26,000 ( mid-1948 ) Total : c. 100,000 men and women served , of whom : 15,000 -- 20,000 Slav - Macedonians 2,000 -- 3,000 Pomaks 130 -- 150 Cham Albanians </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Hellenic Army , Navy and Air Force , from August 16 , 1945 to December 22 , 1951 : 15,268 dead 37,255 wounded 3,843 missing 865 deserters Hellenic Gendarmerie , from December 1 , 1944 to December 27 , 1951 : 1,485 dead 3,143 wounded 159 missing . </P> British Armed Forces : 210 killed 1,000 wounded 733 missing </Td> <Td> Hellenic Army claim : 38,839 killed 20,128 captured </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Total : 158,000 killed 1,000,000 temporarily relocated during the war </Td> </Tr> </Table>
<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Greek Civil War </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Part of the Cold War </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 30 March 1946 -- 16 October 1949 ( 3 years , 6 months , 2 weeks and 2 days ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Greece </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> Hellenic Army victory </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Kingdom of Greece </P> <Ul> <Li> Hellenic Army </Li> </Ul> Supported by : British Empire ( before 1947 ) United States ( after 1947 ) </Td> <Td> <P> Provisional Democratic Government </P> <Ul> <Li> DSE </Li> </Ul> <P> NLF partisans </P> Supported by : Soviet Union Yugoslavia Bulgaria Albania </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Alexandros Papagos Konstantinos Ventiris Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos Ronald Scobie James Van Fleet </Td> <Td> Markos Vafiadis Nikolaos Zachariadis </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> At peak : 232,500 </Td> <Td> At peak : 26,000 ( mid-1948 ) Total : c. 100,000 men and women served , of whom : 15,000 -- 20,000 Slav - Macedonians 2,000 -- 3,000 Pomaks 130 -- 150 Cham Albanians </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Hellenic Army , Navy and Air Force , from August 16 , 1945 to December 22 , 1951 : 15,268 dead 37,255 wounded 3,843 missing 865 deserters Hellenic Gendarmerie , from December 1 , 1944 to December 27 , 1951 : 1,485 dead 3,143 wounded 159 missing . </P> British Armed Forces : 210 killed 1,000 wounded 733 missing </Td> <Td> Hellenic Army claim : 38,839 killed 20,128 captured </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Total : 158,000 killed 1,000,000 temporarily relocated during the war </Td> </Tr> </Table>
when did the greek civil war start and end
when did the greek civil war start and end
30 March 1946 16 October 1949
30 March 1946 16 October 1949