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| − | The '''Ethniko Apeleftherotiko Metopo (ΕΑΜ)''' ([[Greek language|Greek]] '''Εθηνικό Απελευθερωτικό Μέτωπο (ΕΑΜ)''', "National Liberation Front") was the resistance movement founded by the [[Communist Party of Greece]] (KKE) during [[World War II]] against the Nazi occupation. Its purely military wing was the ''[[Ethnikos Laikos Apeleftherotikos Stratos]]'' (ELAS); it also had a "navy" (ELAN) "National People's Liberational Navy" ''[[Ethniko Laiko Apeleftherotiko Naftiko]]'' but engaged primarily in land-based resistance to the German occupying forces. | + | The '''Ethniko Apeleftherotiko Metopo (ΕΑΜ)''' ([[Greek language|Greek]] '''Εθηνικό Απελευθερωτικό Μέτωπο (ΕΑΜ)''', "National Liberation Front") was the resistance movement founded on [[September 27]], [[1941]], by the [[Communist Party of Greece]] (KKE), in cooperation with various other leftist groups, during [[World War II]] against the Nazi occupation. Its purely military wing was the ''[[Ethnikos Laikos Apeleftherotikos Stratos]]'' (ELAS); it also had a "navy" (ELAN) "National People's Liberational Navy" ''[[Ethniko Laiko Apeleftherotiko Naftiko]]'' but engaged primarily in land-based resistance to the German occupying forces. |
Revision as of 19:46, June 3, 2006
The Ethniko Apeleftherotiko Metopo (ΕΑΜ) (Greek Εθηνικό Απελευθερωτικό Μέτωπο (ΕΑΜ), "National Liberation Front") was the resistance movement founded on September 27, 1941, by the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), in cooperation with various other leftist groups, during World War II against the Nazi occupation. Its purely military wing was the Ethnikos Laikos Apeleftherotikos Stratos (ELAS); it also had a "navy" (ELAN) "National People's Liberational Navy" Ethniko Laiko Apeleftherotiko Naftiko but engaged primarily in land-based resistance to the German occupying forces.