1944 greek naval mutiny
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The 1944 Greek naval mutiny was a mutiny by sailors on five ships of the Royal Hellenic Navy in April 1944 over the composition of the Greek government-in-exile, in support of the National Liberation Front (EAM). Petros Voulgaris was called from retirement and appointed vice-admiral to quell the revolt.
The revolt began in Alexandria. Sailors Revolutionary Commissions were formed both on ships and the naval shore establishments on 4 April 1944.
The 1st Brigade of the Greek Armed Forces in the Middle East also suffered a EAM-inspired mutiny on 6 April 1944.
The American philosopher James Burnham, writing in the Partisan Review, saw the mutiny as the start of a "Third World War" as the start of a geopolitical confrontation between the Western Allies and Soviet communism.
Ships involved
Greek corvette Apostolis
Greek corvette Sachtouris
Greek destroyer Kriti
Greek destroyer Ierax
Greek destroyer Pindos
References
Further reading
Spyropoulos, Evangelos (1993). The Greek Military (1909-1941) and the Greek Mutinies in the Middle East (1941-1944). Boulder: East European Monographs. ISBN 9780880332576.
Stavrianos, L. S. (1950). "The Mutiny in the Greek Armed Forces, April, 1944". American Slavic and East European Review. 9 (4): 302–311. doi:10.2307/2492150. JSTOR 2492150.