Battle of Kilkis (1944)

Battle of Kilkis
Part of the Greek Civil War
Kilkis in 2012
Date 4 November 1944 Location Kilkis, Greece 40°59′N 22°52′E / 40.983°N 22.867°E / 40.983; 22.867 Result ELAS victory
Belligerents
ELAS	Security Battalions EDES EES
Commanders and leaders
Sarantis Protopapas	Kyriakos Papadopoulos (Kisa Batzak)  †
Strength
7,000–10,000[1]	7,300[1]–9,000[2]

The Battle of Kilkis was an armed conflict between communist resistance organisation ELAS and a coalition of collaborationist Security Battalions, nationalist resistance organisations EDES and the National Greek Army (EES). On 4 November 1944, ELAS captured Kilkis after nine hours of fighting. The nationalists suffered many casualties during the battle and in prisoner killings afterwards.