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Operation Pyravlos
DateMay 5 - late July 1949
LocationThessaly, central Greece
Result National Army victory
Belligerents
Provisional Democratic Government (Democratic Army of Greece) Kingdom of Greece (National Army)
Commanders and leaders
General Alexander Papagos

Operation Pyravlos (Greek: Επιχείρηση «Πύραυλος», "Rocket") was a military campaign of the Greek Civil War launched by the National Army of the Athens-based internationally recognized government, under General Alexander Papagos. All communist forces in central Greece were defeated and the only areas under communist control were Grammos and Vitsi.

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