Battle of Liopetri
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The Battle of Liopetri, also known as the Battle of the Barn of Liopetri, was fought during the EOKA struggle against the British in Cyprus.
On September 2, 1958, four EOKA members, Fotis Pittas, Andreas Karios, Christos Samaras and Elias Papakyriakou, were trapped by British troops in Liopetri, a village in the Ammochostos District. Leaving the village became impossible as the British conducted a house-to-house search and the four men hid in the barn of Panagiotis Kallis. The British, under Major Philip J.R. Heyland, tried to burn the barn after a four-hour battle. The four men decided to charge out and were all killed.
