The Battle of Athens 1945 Soon after the German army pulled out, the British army arrived under General Scobie, to be greeted by an enthusiastic welcome. They set up their HQ in the former German quarters in the Hotel Grande Bretagne. On 18th October, George Papandreu and the government in exile were brought in on a British warship. This was a government of national unity, in which the ΚΚΕ, ΕΑΜ and ELAS were represented. The ΚΚΕ placed the fighters of ELAS under British military authority. The British brought in the Royalist Mountain Brigade, armed the collaborationist anti-left forces, and demanded the disarmament of ELAS. This would have left EAM-ELAS at the mercy of the collaborators, so ELAS refused To disarm unless the Mountain Brigade was removed from the city. m.youtube/watch?v=KZ8iNDBaGuA
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