Operation Pyravlos

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{{infobox military conflict

| place = Thessaly, central Greece

| date = May 5 – late July 1949

| combatant1 = {{flagicon|Greece|old}} Provisional Democratic Government

• Democratic Army

| combatant2 = {{flagicon|Greece|royal}} Kingdom of Greece

• National Army

| commander2 = {{flagicon|Greece|royal}} General Alexander Papagos

| result = National Army victory

| campaignbox = {{Campaignbox Greek Civil War}}

| conflict = Operation Pyravlos

| commander1 = {{flagicon|Greece|old}} Unknown

}}

Operation Pyravlos ({{langx|el|Επιχείρηση «Πύραυλος»}}, "Rocket") was a military campaign of the Greek Civil War launched by the National Army of the Athens-based internationally recognized government, under General Alexander Papagos. All communist forces in central Greece were defeated and the only areas that remained under communist control were in the Grammos and Vitsi mountains.

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{{Greek Civil War}}

Category:1949 in Greece

Category:Conflicts in 1949

Pyravlos

Category:History of Central Greece

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