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America and Greece have a strong alliance with each other

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America and Greece have a strong alliance with each other

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How did the outcome of the conflict impact the United State's CURRENT relationship with the country?

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How did the outcome of the conflict impact the United State's CURRENT relationship with the country?

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The USA and Greece are great allies of today. They're both apart of an assortment of alliances such as the oh so familiar NATO, as well as but not limited to the United Nations and the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council. Greece even has an embassy in Washington D.C

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More information about Greece is available on the U.S.-GREECE RELATIONS Greece Page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.
The United States appointed its first Consul to Greece in 1837, following Greece's independence from the Ottoman Empire, and established diplomatic relations with Greece in 1868. After World War II, the United States contributed hundreds of millions of dollars to rebuild Greece's buildings, agriculture, and industry as part of the Marshall Plan. Today, an estimated three million Americans resident in the United States claim Greek descent. This large, well-organized community cultivates close political and cultural ties with Greece. The U.S. Embassy in Athens and the Consulate General in Thessaloniki host numerous U.S. agencies in support of a robust bilateral agenda.
U.S. Assistance to Greece
The United States and Greece launched a Strategic Dialogue in December 2018 that focuses on the areas of regional cooperation, defense and security, trade and investment, energy, law enforcement and counterterrorism, and people-to-people ties. As a leader in the region and longstanding North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Ally, Greece has been an important partner to the United States in promoting regional security, stability, and economic development, creating a pathway for EU enlargement for the western Balkans, and supporting the diversification of Europe's energy supplies. Greece's geostrategic position and its participation in multilateral diplomatic initiatives, such as the "3+1" with Cyprus, Israel, and the United States, also makes it an important partner in encouraging development and dialogue throughout the Eastern Mediterranean
Bilateral Economic Relations
Greece occupies a strategic location in the Eastern Mediterranean on the southern flank of the NATO. The enhanced U.S.-Greece Mutual Defense Cooperation Agreement, which was updated in January 2020, provides for the operation by the United States of a naval support facility at the deep-water port and airfield at Souda Bay in Crete, as well as support for U.S. forces present at several other locations in Greece. Greece contributes to NATO operations in Afghanistan and Kosovo, as well as to counterterrorism and law enforcement efforts.
Greece's Membership in International Organizations
U.S. assistance fosters strong bilateral military-to-military relations and contributes toward the interoperability of Greek forces within NATO.
Bilateral Representation
Greece is a member of the European Union and the Eurozone. The United States has expressed consistent strong support for Greece's ongoing effort to restore fiscal stability, implement structural reforms, recover competitiveness, and restart growth. There are no significant non-tariff barriers to U.S. exports. The top U.S. exports to Greece are defense articles, although U.S. business activity is expected to grow in the high-tech, biomedical, tourism development, medical, construction, food processing, specialty agriculture and packaging, and franchising sectors. U.S. companies are interested and involved in Greece's privatization efforts. Further deregulation of Greece's energy sector and the country's central location as a transportation hub for Europe may offer additional opportunities in renewables, gas, refinery, and related sectors. Greece participates in the Visa Waiver Program, which allows nationals of participating countries to travel to the United States for certain business or tourism purposes for stays of 90 days or less without obtaining a visa.

Greece and the United States belong to a number of the same international organizations, including the United Nations, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, International Monetary Fund, World Bank, and World Trade Organization. Greece is also a permanent observer to the Organization of American States.

Principal embassy officials are listed in the Department's Key Officers List.

Greece maintains an in the United States at 2217 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20008; tel: (202) 939-1300.

More information about Greece is available from the Department of State and other sources, some of which are listed here:

CIA World Factbook Greece Page
U.S. Embassy
History of U.S. Relations With Greece
U.S. Census Bureau Foreign Trade Statistics
Export.gov International Offices Page
Travel Information

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U.S. Relations With Greece - United States Department of State

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More information about Greece is available on the Greece Page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet. U.S.-GREECE RELATIONS The United States appointed its first Consul to Greece in 1837, following Greece's independence from the Ottoman Empire, and established diplomatic relations with Greece in 1868.

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At The End of All This The Country of Greece still had a passive conflict with each other

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At The End of All This The Country of Greece still had a passive conflict with each other

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The Civilian March During the Chaos and Weakened British Forces

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The March at the time was mostly made up of women

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Who won the conflict and how did that impact the main country involved? 

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Who won the conflict and how did that impact the main country involved? 

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At the end of the war Greece had with the help of Great Britain at the start of the war and the US at the end of the war managed to get the communist to surrender, and drove  most of them out of Greece. This resulted in a bit of a divide in the Greek people, not everyone of the communist left, but the fight with them was quelled. There were multiple people with different ideologies from the rest.

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In 1946 another war was started by the communist, and because of this British pulled out of Greece deciding they weren't able to support Greece anymore with what they have, then America stepped in to help. In 1947 the communist had acquired a government, the battle had then changed from the people versus the government to a government versus another government, and it was because of this America need to give its full support to Greece.

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When and where did it happen? Who are the sides? What ideology do they support?

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When and where did it happen? Who are the sides? What ideology do they support?

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The war started sometime before Nazi Germany finished occupying Greece in October of 1944. This war was fought between the Greek Government and the army of Greece, the DSE. The Greek Army fought for communism. The war started because the Greek Army refused to disband their army. In February of 1945 the communist were defeated and they didn't vote in the "plebiscite", because of this things went back to normal for about a while.

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What type of conflict occurred and why did it happen? Was it a civil war, a revolution, a coup, or a combination?  

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What type of conflict occurred and why did it happen? Was it a civil war, a revolution, a coup, or a combination?  

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The Greek Civil War was as the name states, a civil war. The war was started because Greek communist wanted to gain control of Greece.

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Greek Civil War, (December 1944-January 1945 and 1946-49), two-stage conflict during which Greek communists unsuccessfully tried to gain control of Greece.

The first stage of the civil war began only months before Nazi Germany's occupation of Greece ended in October 1944. The German occupation had been resisted by two principal Greek guerrilla forces, the communist-controlled EAM-ELAS (Ethnikón Apeleftherotikón Métopon-Ethnikós Laïkós Apeleftherotikós Strátos; "National Liberation Front-National Popular Liberation Army") and the EDES (Ellínikos Dímokratikos Ethnikós Strátos; "Greek Democratic National Army"), which occasionally cooperated in action. After eliminating all of its political and guerrilla rivals except the EDES in early 1944, EAM-ELAS set up a provisional government in the Greek mountains that by implication disowned both the Greek king and his government-in-exile. Upon the German troops' withdrawal from Greece in October, the communists and royalist Greek guerrillas were brought together under British auspices in an uneasy coalition government in Athens (Modern Greek: Athína). But this government disintegrated a few weeks later when the communist members of the coalition refused to disband their guerrilla force. A bitter civil war broke out in Athens on December 3, which the British military forces managed to suppress with great difficulty, after EAM-ELAS had overrun virtually all of Greece except Athens and Thessaloníki.

The communists accepted defeat and the disbandment of their forces at a conference in February 1945, and a general election was held in Greece in March 1946. The communists and their followers abstained from the voting, however, and a royalist majority was returned. A plebiscite was then held in September 1946 which restored the Greek king to the throne. During 1946 a full-scale guerrilla war was reopened by the communists, who had gone underground. The commitment of defending Greece became too much for Great Britain, and it was taken on by the U.S. government, with the announcement of the Truman Doctrine. Massive military and economic aid from the United States was much needed, for by the end of 1947 the communists had proclaimed a provisional government in the northern mountains.

This second communist rebellion lasted until 1949, when the U.S.-supplied and strengthened Greek army managed to clear the rebel centres from the mountainous Greek interior. On Oct. 16, 1949, the Greek communist broadcasting station announced the end of open hostilities, and many of the remaining communist fighters fled the country into neighbouring Albania. It is estimated that more than 50,000 combatants died in the conflict, and more than 500,000 Greeks were temporarily displaced from their homes by the fighting. The internecine strife and fierce brutality that characterized the civil war left a lasting legacy of bitterness between segments of the Greek population.

Richard Pallardy, Research Editor.

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Greek Civil War, (December 1944-January 1945 and 1946-49), two-stage conflict during which Greek communists unsuccessfully tried to gain control of Greece. The first stage of the civil war began only months before Nazi Germany's occupation of Greece ended in October 1944. The German occupation had

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Was the USA's goals in the conflict a success or a failure? 

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Was the USA's goals in the conflict a success or a failure? 

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Because the side they aided ended up winning, also because of the Marshall plan as it was, wanting to help countries not succumb to the hands of communism the USA's goals were a success in this battle. Not only did they step in when Britain couldn't fight anymore, they helped Greece out of their predicament. Like a tag team battle, 3 governments versus 1.