Original sentence: At the end of the war, fighting broke out between ELAS  and the Greek government.ELAS forces were backed by Greece's communist neighbors, whereas the Greek government was backed by the British army.Following a cease fire agreement known as Varkiza pact, ELAS laid down arms with the idea of a political process.However, alleging percecutions of leftists after the Varkiza accord, ELAS reversed its stance and restarted armed fighting in 1946.Most historians attribute the final outcome of the war to two determining factors: on the one hand, the Marshall Plan and the Truman Doctrine provided crucial support to the governmental side.On the other hand, Tito cut off all military support and training to ELAS after he broke-off relations with Stalin.The Greek Civil War was to last until 1949, with the defeat of the communist insurgency.The war was extremely violent, with heavy casualties on both sied
Edited sentence: ) reversed its stance and restarted armed fighting in 1946.At the end of the war, fighting broke out between ELAS and the Greek monarchist forces, backed by the British army (later to be aided by the U.Following a cease fire agreement known as Varkiza pact, ELAS laid down arms with the hope of democratic solution to the problems faced by the post-WWII-occupational status quo (the Anglo-American occupation and the re-installation of the Monarchy).However, following the killing of 1,192 citizens,the rape of 165 unarmed female sympathisers of the ELAS, the forced head-shaving of female suspected-communists and the persecution of over 100,000 left-wing activists or citizens loyal to the Democratic (as opposed to the Monarchist) agenda, ELAS (by now reformed as the Democratic Army of Greece or D.The Greek Civil War was to last until 1949, with the defeat of the KKE-led D.under the Truman doctrine)