Despite the attempts to avoid civil war, the
Battle of Athens broke out in December 1944, finding ELAS in the face of the Greek troops of the government, the police, the former Security Battalions, and along with all of that, and the help of the ever-growing military presence of the British in the country.<unk> Battle of Athens broke out in December 1944, finding ELAS in the face of the Greek troops of the government, the police, the former Security Battalions, and along with all of that, and the help of the ever-growing military presence of the British in the country.