battle, Cold War

Battle at Nicosia Hospital

Name: Battle at Nicosia Hospital
Location: Cyprus

Battle at Nicosia Hospital was a battle fought in 1956 at Cyprus. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Cyprus. It was part of Q16146587. The recorded result: EOKA victory.

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Fought1956

WhereCyprus35.000N, 33.000E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeEOKA victory

BelligerentsEOKAagainstBritish Empire; British Cyprus

Part ofQ16146587

Where it sits in Q16146587

5 placed engagements of Q16146587 in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1956 (year precision)
Place	Cyprus 35.000N, 33.000E
Kind	Battle, Cold War
Commanders	Georgios Grivas

Placed at Cyprus; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Agios Dometios 1974, 36 km NE
Battle of Omorphita 1963, 40 km NE
Battle of Tylliria 1964, 41 km NW
Battle of Pentemili beachhead 1974, 44 km NE
Siege of Kition 450 BC, 58 km E

In the same war

Before: Battle of Spilia 1955
After: Battle of Liopetri 1958

Elsewhere in 1956

Battle of Algiers Algeria
Battle of Alegría de Pío Cuba
Siege of the communist headquarters Hungary
Attack on Oum El Achar France
Capture of Kimathi Kenya

Battle at Nicosia Hospital is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 23 in present-day Cyprus.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q16822547, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle at Nicosia Hospital, revision 1370430529, 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.