Battle of Metaxades

Battle of Metaxades
	Part of Greek Civil War
	; The Heroon of the fallen of the Battle of Metaxades on one of the two hills of the battle.
Location	Metaxades
Result	Greek Army Victory Refuge of remnants of the Democratic Army units in Bulgaria;
Belligerents
Hellenic Army	Democratic Army of Greece
Commanders and leaders
Georgios Vlassis; Ilias Lalos	Vaggelis Kasapis; Nikos Kanakaridis
Strength
2 officers and 32 men	1,378 or about 800 fighters
Casualties and losses
2 officers and 11 other ranks killed; 62 injured ; 6 missing ; 5 injured and 3 missing men of MEA ; 4 men and 7 women were abducted from Metaxades.	According to army figures, 173 dead and 108 captured or surrendered guerrillas.

The Battle of Metaxades was a part of the Greek Civil War and took place in the village of Metaxades, Evros from 15 to 20 May 1949, between the Greek Army and the Democratic Army of Greece in the area between the two hills of the village. This battle was the last attempt of the Democratic Army to operate outside the fortified groups in Grammos and Vitsi. It was the biggest and bloodiest battle in the prefecture of Evros.

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