War, occupation, civil war · War and occupation · Railway
Partisans blow up a railway bridge between Myloi and Tripoli
June 1948 Proven
The army communiqué of 19 June 1948 reported that partisans of the Democratic Army had blown up a railway bridge on the line between Myloi and Tripoli. In the fighting one government soldier and nine partisans were killed, and ten partisans were captured.
- Where
- Myloi (the village), Tripoli
- Threads
- War and occupation, Railway
- Certainty
- Proven confirmed by primary sources
Sources
- Ελευθερία (Athens), 20-6-1948, p. 7, General Staff communiqué of 19-6-1948 (National Library of Greece, efimeris)
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