Battle at Nicosia Hospital
Battle during the Cyprus Emergency
| Battle at Nicosia Hospital | |||||||
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| Part of the Cyprus Emergency | |||||||
 A street riot during the battle | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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|  EOKA | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Georgios Grivas | |||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown | 6 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 1 killed 2 injured | |||||||
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Cyprus Emergency
1955
- 1 April Attacks
- Nicosia Cinema Bombing
- Police Station Attacks
- Kyrenia Castle Escape
- Famagusta
- The Pine
- Spilla
- Yialousa
1956
- Nicosia hospital
- Lucky Alphonse
1957
- Lepka
- RAF Akrotiri
1958
- Liopetri
The Battle of Nicosia Hospital was a military engagement during the Cyprus Emergency. The EOKA planned a raid to rescue Polykarpos Giorkatzis, an EOKA prisoner who had been transferred to hospital. The escape was successful, although the team suffered casualties.[1]
References
- ^ "Chapter 5 The events following the exile of Archbishop Makarios until his release from the Seychelles (9 March 1956 - 28 March 1957)", A history of the liberation struggle of EOKA (1955-1959) accessed 7 November 2013
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