Word: konitsa
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Dates: during 1948-1948
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Sleeves Up. Italian Communists, rolling up their sleeves after a Party Congress in Milan, called strikes of workers ranging from stevedores to tax collectors. Embattled Greece was marking time-but fearful that the Greek army, victorious at Konitsa, would be unable to withstand the next guerrilla assault...
Within the borders of Greece, nothing happened last week so important to the country's future as what went on in the minds of men in Moscow, Belgrade and Washington (see INTERNATIONAL). There was war in Greece; but at the suddenly historic town of Konitsa the fighting had subsided. TIME Correspondent Mary Barber pushed into the town, sent her cable in short "takes...
Battle of the Bridge. Konitsa had been picked as the capital of the Communist rebels' newly proclaimed "provisional government." When the battle began, the government garrison in the besieged, isolated town consisted of less than 1,000 men. Konitsa's normal population of 5,000 was swollen by refugees. Rebel shells struck terror among the civilians...
Finally General Michael Andonopoulos, commanding the 8th Mountain Division, sent a detachment up to Konitsa by a mule track. This force, pushing through a thin screen of snipers, got into the town across an old Turkish bridge. Thus Konitsa was reinforced by 2,000 men. Ebullient government communiqués claimed that the "routed" rebels were fleeing north into Albania and east into their Gramos Mountain stronghold. But next day the rebels attacked Konitsa again. At week's end, they attacked Philiates, near the coast opposite Corfu, 45 miles from Konitsa. Government officers, somewhat apologetically, explained that the stubborn...
Washington was heartened by the Greek success at Konitsa (achieved partly with U.S. arms), but that success could be overestimated. All of Greece, like little Konitsa, was besieged by Communism. The larger siege must be lifted and Greece must be made safe. This the Truman Doctrine had stated. It would take more than a dash up a mule track by hardy Greek soldiers to achieve that end. How much would it take? No one was sure, but last week the U.S. Navy provided a clue. It announced that it was sending enough U.S. Marines to its Mediterranean force...