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The Helinikan Expeditionary Army in Alva (: Ελληνική Εκστρατευτική Δύναμη στην Άλβα, EEΔA) consisted of about 12,000 men arranged by the army and air force to fight alongside Alvak forces in the Great Kesh War. This air-land force consisted of (replacements included) a complete infantry division, a liaison flight, and a fighter squadron.

The army fought in Alva from May 1950 until Alva's surrender in September 1954. During almost four years of its campaign, fighting at the Gothic Line and in the 1954 final offensive, the HEAA took 20,573 Bakanese prisoners, consisting of two generals, 892 officers, and 19,679 other ranks. Helinika was the only other independent Artemian country other than Lestykhol to send ground troops to fight overseas in Alva during the Great Kesh War, losing 2948 men killed in action across all three services.

Overview
Helinika's participation alongside the Crown Alliance in the Great Kesh War was not a foregone conclusion. In the Grand Campaigns, Helinika had supported the Teutonic Alliance, along with the Samot-Seratofian Empire and Mero-Curgovina. In 1924–1925, Helinika's participation was primarily naval, although it also invaded the collapsing Vojiskiy Empire, reclaiming the region of xxx.

As in 1919, Helinika in 1949 maintained a position of neutrality, initially trading with both the Crown Alliance and Kodeshia and her allies. As the war progressed, trade with Alva and the Crown Alliance became almost impossible due to Bakanese naval supremacy and Tiperyn began forceful diplomatic and economic efforts to bring Helinika onto the side of the Crown. These efforts led to the creation of the Joint Helinika-Tiperyn Defense Commission, which was chaired by xxx. It worked to strengthen military ties between Helinika and Tiperyn during the war. It was designed to reduce the likelihood of Bakanese attacks on Crown shipping, as soldiers travelled across the Eurybian to Kesh, and minimized the influence of the Kodeshian alliance in Artemia.