The Greek Civil War 1946–1949

The Greek Civil War of 1946–1949 was the bloodiest conflict in the history of the modern Greek state and lefl a lasting impact on the political and social life of the country. This paper provides a brief overview of the events of the 40s and attempts to analyze the Civil War through an examination of how it was perceived in the postwar period. Specifically, it will discuss the perspectives that developed in the humanities (historiography, political science), but also the evolution of collective memory on the Civil War, in relation to the political shifls in the country throughout the second half of the 20th century (60s, Dictatorship, Metapolitefsi). The paper represents a multifaceted overview of Greek collective memory of the Civil War and its consequences from 1949 to the present day. Methodologically, it draws from the fields of the history of historiography, public history and memory studies.