Abstract:

The armed uprising led by the Greek Communist Party broke out again in 1946.While Yugoslavia gave it considerable support and aid, the Soviet Union was rather passive, or even negative towards it.The difference came out as a result of the divergence of two countries' attitudes towards the Cold War policies of the western countries.While Yugoslavia advocated strategic attack, the Soviet Union maintained strategic defence.The divergence was clearly revealed in their attitudes towards the Greek civil war.Thus, the Greek civil war was an important occasion which led to the conflict between the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia.

Key words: conflict between the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia, Greece, strategic divergence