1944 Greek naval mutiny

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 Pindos

References

Further reading

1944 in Egypt

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Conflicts in 1944

April 1944 events

20th-century rebellions

20th century in Alexandria

Naval mutinies

Greece in World War II

History of the Hellenic Navy

Mutinies in World War II

Rebellions in Egypt

Rebellions in Greece