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During the [[Germany|German]] occupation of Greece during [[World War II]], the Communists together with other parts of the Greek Left formed a resistance army called the National People's Liberation Army (in Greek the ''Ethnikos Laikos Apeleftherotikos Stratos'' or [[ELAS]]), which by [[1944]] controlled three-fifths of the country. At the end of the war fighting broke out between ELAS and Greek government backed by the [[Britain|British]] army. Following a cease fire agreement known as Barkiza [[Varkiza pact]], ELAS laid down arms with the idea of a political process. The disarmament of ELAS trigged a mass purges, percecutions and assasinations of communists and leftists. This led to the [[Hellenic Civil War]] which lasted until [[1949]] and ended with the defeat of the [[Democratic Armyof Greece|Democratic Army]].