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Cyprus Emergency
Part of decolonization and the Cold War

A street riot in Nicosia during the Battle at Nicosia Hospital in 1956
Date1 April 1955–1959
Location
Cyprus
Result

ΕΟΚΑ victory [2]

Independence of Cyprus,
London-Zurich Agreement
Belligerents
 United Kingdom
Turkey TMT[1] 		EOKA
Commanders and leaders
United Kingdom John Harding Georgios Grivas
Strength
40,000[3] 1,250[3]
Casualties and losses
156[4] 108 [5][6][7]

The Cyprus Emergency was a military action that took place in British Cyprus primarily consisting of an insurgent campaign by the Greek Cypriot militant group, the National Organisation of Cypriot Fighters (EOKA), to remove the British from Cyprus so it could be unified with Greece. Both the British and EOKA were in turn opposed by the Turkish Cypriot group Turkish Resistance Organisation (TMT), who rejected union with Greece. It led to Cyprus being granted independence in 1960.[8]

In 1954 Britain announced its intention to transfer its Suez military headquarters to Cyprus. The insurgency began on 1 April 1955. After a series of follow up incidents, the Governor General Sir John Harding declared a state of emergency on 26 November of that year.[9]

The British encountered great difficulty obtaining effective intelligence on EOKA as the majority of the Greek Cypriot population supported and/or feared them. They were also hampered by a drain on manpower caused by the Suez Crisis and Malayan Emergency. Towards the end of the 1950s the British enjoyed more success. Cyprus became an independent republic in 1960 with Britain retaining control of two Sovereign Base Areas, at Akrotiri and Dhekelia.

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.cyprus-conflict.net/narrative-main.html
  2. ^ http://www.sigmalive.com/simerini/analiseis/128318/agon-eoka-kai-antartopolemos
  3. ^ a b Kraemer, Joseph S. (Winter 1971). "Revolutionary Guerrilla Warfare & the Decolonization Movement". Polity. 4 (2): 137–158. doi:10.2307/3234160. JSTOR 3234160.
  4. ^ Simpson, Alfred William Brian (2001). Human Rights and the End of Empire: Britain and the Genesis of the European Convention. Oxford University Press. p. 893. ISBN 978-0-19-926789-7.
  5. ^ http://ermis.lib.ucy.ac.cy/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.exe?e=d-00000-00---0eokabook--00-0--.%2e%2e-10-0---0---0prompt-10---4-------0-0l--11-en-50---20-home---00-0-1-00-11-1-0utfZz-8-00&a=d&c=eokabook&cl=CL1.115&d=HASHc25bc232382811ef0cf228.6
  6. ^ http://www.eoka.org.cy/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/TEVXOS-32.pdf
  7. ^ http://kypseli.ouc.ac.cy/handle/11128/695?show=full
  8. ^ Cyprus at Britains Small Wars
  9. ^ "State Of Emergency Declared In Cyprus". The Central Queensland Herald (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1930–1956). Rockhampton, Qld.: National Library of Australia. 1 December 1955. p. 13. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
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