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Security Battalions
Τάγματα Ασφαλείας
LeadersIoannis Rallis
Ioannis Plytzanopoulos
Dates of operation1943–1944
HeadquartersAthens
IdeologyAnti-communism
Part ofHellenic State (1941–44)
AlliesWehrmacht, SS, SiPo, National Union of Greece, Hellenic Gendarmerie, City Police, Poulos Verband
OpponentsEAM/ELAS, KKE
Battles and warsBattle of Meligalas

The Security Battalions (Greek: Τάγματα Ασφαλείας, romanized: Tagmata Asfaleias, derisively known as Germanotsoliades (Γερμανοτσολιάδες, meaning "German tsoliás") or Tagmatasfalites (Ταγματασφαλίτες)) were Greek collaborationist paramilitary groups, formed during the Axis occupation of Greece during World War II in order to support the German occupation troops.

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