Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ƙarshen watan Agusta 1944, yawancin rukunin sojojin Jamus a Girka sun fara janyewa saboda harin da Tarayyar Soviet ta kai kan Romania da kuma sauya bangarorin. Wannan ya biyo baya ba da daɗewa ba bayan Bulgaria ta shiga yaƙi da Jamus da kuma Yugoslav Partisans da ke kai hari kan hanyoyin sadarwa na Jamus. Tare da rukunin Jamusawa da suka rage kawai a kan tsibirin tsibirin Girka, Birtaniya sun ci gaba da shirin su na sake mamaye kasar. A ranar 18 ga Oktoba, tare da goyon bayan sojojin Burtaniya, gwamnatin Girka da ke gudun hijira ta koma Athens; wannan wani bangare ne na wani babban yunkuri na siyasa don kafa gwamnatin da ba ta da kwaminisanci a Girka. A lokacin mamayar, Burtaniya ta ba da tallafin soja ga National Liberation Front (EAM), haɗuwa da jam'iyyun gurguzu da na kwaminisanci guda biyar, waɗanda ke sarrafa babban Sojojin 'Yancin Jama'ar Girka (ELAS). A farkon shekarar 1944, yakin basasa na Girka ya barke tsakanin sojojin EAM da ƙungiyoyin 'yan tawaye waɗanda ba' yan gurguzu ba, kamar National Republican Greek League (EDES). Bayan sake kafa Gwamnatin Girka, tashin hankali ya karu, wanda ya kai ga EAM yayi kokarin kwace mulki a watan Disamba
kuma sojojin Birtaniya sun shiga cikin kashi na biyu na yakin basasa na Girka.