British authorities in Greece

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British authorities in Greece were the representatives of the British government who intervened militarily and politically in Greece during and after World War II, particularly in opposition to leftist resistance movements.

All labels observed (2)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military occupation authority ⓘ
political actor ⓘ
activeFrom 1941 ⓘ
activeUntil late 1940s ⓘ
alignedWith Allied powers ⓘ
linked to: Allied forces
appliesToJurisdiction Greece ⓘ
cooperatedWith Greek government-in-exile ⓘ
Greek royalist forces ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
goal maintain British influence in Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
prevent communist takeover in Greece ⓘ
historicalContext early Cold War in Europe ⓘ
end of Axis occupation of Greece ⓘ
ideologicalPosition anti-communist ⓘ
pro-monarchist ⓘ
influenced Greek foreign policy orientation ⓘ
Greek security apparatus ⓘ
post-war Greek state formation ⓘ
intervenedIn Greek internal politics ⓘ
Greek military affairs ⓘ
involvedInConflict Dekemvriana ⓘ
Greek Civil War ⓘ
negotiatedWith Greek political parties ⓘ
Greek resistance groups ⓘ
operatedIn Athens ⓘ
Greek Macedonia ⓘ
linked to: Macedonia (Greece)

Peloponnese ⓘ
Piraeus ⓘ
opposed Greek People’s Liberation Army (ELAS) ⓘ
National Liberation Front (EAM) ⓘ
leftist resistance movements in Greece ⓘ
partOf British government ⓘ
linked to: UK government

British military command in the Mediterranean ⓘ
relatedTo British Foreign Office ⓘ
British War Office ⓘ
linked to: War Office

British military mission in Greece ⓘ
supported Greek monarchy ⓘ
anti-communist forces in Greece ⓘ
conservative Greek political forces ⓘ
timePeriod Greek Civil War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
usedLanguage English ⓘ
usedMilitaryForce yes ⓘ
usedPoliticalPressure yes ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

EAM (National Liberation Front) → opposedBy → British authorities in Greece ⓘ
British Embassy in Athens → representsInterestsOf → British government in Greece ⓘ
linked to: British authorities in Greece