Hellenic Force in Cyprus - The Tomb of Makedonitissa

The Tomb of Makedonitissa

The Tomb of Makedonitissa (Greek: Τύμβος της Μακεδονίτισσας), is a military cemetery and war memorial, west of Nicosia, at Engomi in the area of Makedonitissa (35°09′15″N 33°18′29″E / 35.15417°N 33.30806°E / 35.15417; 33.30806). This was the place where one Greek Nord Noratlas had shot down by friendly fires, at 22 July 1974, during the Operation "Niki" (Greek: Επιχείρηση "ΝΙΚΗ"). "Niki" was a military operation of the Greek Army to send some Greek, special forces, troops by air to help the Cypriot National Guard. In this tomb are buried Greek Cypriots and some Greeks officers and soldiers who died during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus at 1974.