Security Battalions
| Security Battalions | |
|---|---|
Men of the Security Battalions resting during an anti-partisan sweep in 1943. They are wearing the service uniform of the pre-war Evzones regiments. | |
| Leaders | Ioannis Rallis Ioannis Plytzanopoulos Vasileios Dertilis Dionysios Papadongonas |
| Dates of operation | 1943–1944 |
| Headquarters | Athens |
| Ideology | Anti-communism Anti-communism |
| Size | at most 22,000 (total) |
| Part of | Hellenic State (1941–44) |
| Allies | Wehrmacht, SS, SiPo, National Union of Greece, Poulos Verband |
| Opponents | EAM/ELAS, KKE, ΕΚΚΑ, ΕΔΕΣ |
| Battles and wars | Battle of Meligalas |
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battles, war.The Security Battalions (Greek: Τάγματα Ασφαλείας, romanized: Tagmata Asfaleias, derisively known as Germanotsoliades (Γερμανοτσολιάδες, meaning "German tsoliás") or Tagmatasfalites (Ταγματασφαλίτες)) were Greek right-wing collaborationist paramilitary groups, formed during the Axis occupation of Greece during World War II in order to support the German occupation troops.