1 April attacks (Cyprus)

1 April Attacks
Part of the Cyprus Emergency
Date1 April 1955
Location
Nicosia and Famagusta, Cyprus
Result

EOKA victory

  • Destruction of British facilities across the island
Belligerents
EOKA

 British Empire

Commanders and leaders
Georgios Grivas
Markos Drakos
Grigoris Afxentiou		 Governor Sir Robert Armitage
Casualties and losses
1 killed (Modestos Panteli)[1] Unknown

The 1 April Attacks were a series of attacks across Cyprus in 1955 by the Ethniki Organosis Kyprion Agoniston (EOKA) which led to the start of the Cyprus Emergency.[2] Multiple British locations were attacked after midnight by EOKA members. This attack was accompanied by the distribution of leaflets across Cyprus.

  1. ^ "The First casualty of the war! The first hero of EOKA ! 1st of April 1955 ! Modesto Panteli". Stoxos.
  2. ^ "BOMB ATTACKS "ON CYPRUS"". The Canberra Times. 2 April 1955. p. 1. Retrieved 6 August 2014 – via National Library of Australia.