battle, Cold War
Battle of Florina
Battle of Florina was a battle fought on 12 February 1949 at Florina, in what is now Greece; it lasted 3 days. It was part of the Greek Civil War, which ran from 1946 to 1949. The recorded result: National Army victory. Recorded strength: 4,000 against ?.
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Where it sits in the Greek Civil War
Record
| Date | 12 February 1949 to 15 February 1949 | |
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| Place | Florina, Greece 40.783N, 21.409E | |
| Kind | Battle, Cold War | |
| Strength | 4,000 | ? |
| Casualties and losses | 799 killed; 1,500 wounded; 350 captured/surrendered | 44 killed; 220 wounded; 35 missing in action |
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Nearest engagements
- Battle of Lerin 1916, 0.8 km W
- Bigla Battle, 1903 date unknown, 12 km W
- Battle of Pelagonia 1259, 14 km E
- Battle of Setina 1017, 20 km NE
- Battle of Sorovich 1912, 23 km SE
In the same war
- Before: Battle of Agios Vasileios 22 January 1949
- All 4 engagements of Greek Civil War
Elsewhere in 1949
- Battle of Guningtou People's Republic of China
- Battle of Cao Bang Vietnam
- Battle of Rafah Palestine
- Battle of Dengbu Island China
- British-Israeli Air Incident Israel
Battle of Florina is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 493 in present-day Greece.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q20552658, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Florina (1949), revision 1370110340, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.