title: Battle of Athens
text: # Battle of Athens
  
  Battle of Athens may refer to:
  
  ## In Greece
  
  * Noemvriana ("November Events"), also known as the "Greek Vespers", an armed clash between French sailors and Greek troops at Athens in 1916
  * Battle of Athens (1941), a World War II air battle, part of the Battle of Greece in 1941
  * Dekemvriana ("December Events"), armed clashes between communists and government/British forces in 1944
  
  ## In the United States
  
  * Battle of Athens (1861), American Civil War battle in northeast Missouri in 1861
  * Battle of Athens (1864), American Civil War battle in northern Alabama 1864
  * Battle of Sulphur Creek Trestle, also called the Battle of Athens, American Civil War battle in northern Alabama in 1864
  * Battle of Athens (1946), also called the "McMinn County War," a rebellion against the local government in Athens and Etowah, Tennessee, in 1946
  