Nikolas Angelidis and “Time in Greece” remember the operation to “cleanse” the Peloponnese from the fighters of the Democratic Army. The operation, codenamed “Peristera,” was completed on January 30, 1949… Brutalities, atrocities, scenes of terror… The plan was to “clear” the Peloponnese so that “the Army’s forces could enter Vitsi with undistracted aggression,” as the official strategy stated.
Together, we read the press of the time and turn back the pages to the darkest period of the country, the civil war.