Battle of Spilia

The Battle of Spilia is the name given to a battle in the Cyprus Emergency that took place in the neighbourhood of the Cypriot village of Spilia on either 11 or 12 December 1955. The engagement involved approximately 12 members of Georgios Grivas’s EOKA group and a 40 man detachment of the 45 Commando Royal Marines. In British military sources this is known as part of a wider operation known as ‘Foxhunter’ that was tasked with breaking up the EOKA presence in the Troodos mountains and capturing EOKA leader Georgios Grivas.

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1955 Battle of Spilia

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-87 Campaign of Ptolemy X Alexander I in Cyprus

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-314 — -294 Campaigns of Ptolemy I Soter in Cyprus

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-1274 — -1204 Battles of Alashiya

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746 Battle of Keramaia

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1424 — 1426 Mamluk campaigns against Cyprus

1941-06-23T00:00:00Z

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1941 Refah tragedy

1955-11-23T00:00:00Z

1955-11-23T00:00:00Z

1955 Battle of the Pine

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1956 Battle at Nicosia Hospital

1974-07-20T00:00:00Z

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1974 military operations during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus

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1974-08-18T00:00:00Z

1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus

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-389 — -379 Cyprus War (390–380 BC)

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1228 — 1229 Sixth Crusade

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1373 — 1374 Cypriot-Genoese War

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1570 — 1573 Ottoman–Venetian War of 1570–1573

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
area	region	1100	Soli		Wikidata
area	region	1960	Cyprus	sovereign state, country	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	87	Campaign of Ptolemy X Alexander I in Cyprus	Ptolemy X Alexander I, military campaign	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	314	Campaigns of Ptolemy I Soter in Cyprus	military campaign	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1274	Battles of Alashiya	battle, Alashiya, Hatti	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	746	Battle of Keramaia	Byzantine Empire, Umayyad Caliphate, naval battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1424	Mamluk campaigns against Cyprus	Kingdom of Cyprus, Mamluk Sultanate, military expedition	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1941	Refah tragedy	maritime disaster, sinking, torpedo attack	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1955	Battle of the Pine	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1955	Battle of Spilia	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1956	Battle at Nicosia Hospital	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1974	military operations during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus	invasion	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1974	Turkish invasion of Cyprus	invasion	Wikidata
event	war	389	Cyprus War (390–380 BC)	war, Greek Cypriots, Achaemenid Empire, Twenty-ninth Dynasty of Egypt, Classical Athens	Wikidata
event	war	1228	Sixth Crusade	religious war	Wikidata
event	war	1373	Cypriot-Genoese War	war, Republic of Genoa, Kingdom of Cyprus	Wikidata
event	war	1570	Ottoman–Venetian War of 1570–1573	war, Ottoman Empire, Republic of Venice, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, Papal States, Kingdom of Naples, Republic of Genoa, Knights Hospitaller, Kingdom of Sicily, Duchy of Savoy, Habsburg Spain, Duchy of Urbino, Holy League	Wikidata