Battle of Kokkinia

Battle of Kokkinia
Part of the Greek Resistance
Date4-8 March, 1944
Location
Result ELAS victory
Belligerents
ELAS Wehrmacht
Hellenic Gendarmerie
Security Battalions

The Battle of Kokkinia was a battle given by Greek People's Liberation Army (ELAS) assisted by the people of Kokkinia against the Nazi occupation forces and the collaborationist Security Battalions. The battle resulted in the Nazi forces withdrawing from the area and staying away from it until August 1944, when the Executions of Kokkinia took place as a retaliation for the Battle of Kokkinia and more generally for the resistance of the working class suburbs of west Attica.