Rural Security Units

The Rural Security Units (Greek: Μονάδες Ασφαλείας Υπαίθρου, romanized Monádes Asfaleías Ypaíthrou), abbreviated to MAY and also known as the Mawdes, were an armed parastatal organization created in fall 1946 during the Greek Civil War. They primarily fought against the Democratic Army of Greece. The MAY mainly recruited former members of the EDES who resided in the countryside, collaborating with the Hellenic Gendarmerie and the National Guard. They mainly operated in the Epirus region. It was dissolved in 1948.^[1]