Battle_of_Kalamata_(1944)
Battle of Kalamata (1944)
WW II resistance action
The Battle of Kalamata took place on September 9, 1944, between ELAS (the army branch of EAM) against the collaborationist security battalions and the Hellenic gendarmerie. It resulted in ELAS' victory and the liberation of Kalamata. After the battle, members of the Nazi collaborators were killed by the crowd.