Battle of Florina (1949)

Battle of Florina
	Part of Greek Civil War
Date	12–15 February 1949
Location	Florina, Macedonia, Greece40°46′58″N 21°24′32″E / 40.78278°N 21.40889°E
Result	National Army victory
Belligerents
Provisional Democratic Government; Democratic Army of Greece;	Kingdom of Greece ; National Army;
Commanders and leaders
Nikos Zachariadis ; Georgios Gousias	Nikolas Papadopoulos
Strength
4,000	?
Casualties and losses
799 killed ; 1,500 wounded ; 350 captured/surrendered	44 killed ; 220 wounded ; 35 missing in action
	Florina Location of the battle in Greece

The Battle of Florina (Greek: Μάχη της Φλώρινας, Macedonian: Битката за Лерин) took place in early February 1949. It was fought during the Greek Civil War, pitting forces of the communist Democratic Army of Greece (DAG) led by Nikos Zachariadis against the National Greek Army, led in Florina by General Nikolas Papadopoulos. The battle ended in defeat for the communists.