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The Greek resistance (Greek: Εθνική Αντίσταση, romanized: Ethnikí Antístasi "National Resistance") involved armed and unarmed groups from across the political spectrum that resisted the Axis occupation of Greece in the period 1941–1944, during World War II. The largest group was the Communist-dominated EAM-ELAS.
The military history of Greece during World War II began on 28 October 1940, when the Italian Army invaded Greece from Albania, beginning the Greco-Italian War. The Greek Army temporarily halted the invasion and pushed the Italians back into Albania. The Greek successes forced Nazi Germany to intervene.
During the period of the Axis Occupation of Greece in the Second World War, a multitude of Resistance organizations sprang up. A May 1943 report of the Intelligence Bureau of the Greek government in exile mentioned 33 active groups, [1] a number that increased to 79 in a joint British report of 17 October 1943. [2]
The occupation of Greece by the Axis Powers (Greek: Η Κατοχή, romanized: I Katochi, lit. 'the occupation') began in April 1941 after Nazi Germany invaded the Kingdom of Greece in order to assist its ally, Italy, in their ongoing war that was initiated in October 1940, having encountered major strategical difficulties.
Greek Cairo Government: Cairo and London: 24 May 1941 17 October 1944 Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, Bulgaria. The exiled royal government was recognized internationally and by the Greek Resistance early in the war. It heavily depended on Britain. In 1944, leftist resistance groups set up Free Greece as a rival government.
The Hellenic State (Greek: Ελληνική Πολιτεία, romanized: Elliniki Politeia, lit. ' Greek State ') was the collaborationist government of Greece during the country's occupation by the Axis powers in the Second World War.
Every year on October 28, there are parades and ceremonies in both Greece and around the world to commemorate the Greeks’ resistance to Italian and German forces during World War II. The ...
National and Social Liberation (Greek: Εθνική και Κοινωνική Απελευθέρωσις, Ethnikí kai Koinonikí Apelefthérosis (EKKA)) was a Greek Resistance movement during the Axis occupation of Greece. It was founded in autumn 1942 by Colonel Dimitrios Psarros and politician Georgios Kartalis.