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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 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 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.
The National Republican Greek League (Greek: Εθνικός Δημοκρατικός Ελληνικός Σύνδεσμος (ΕΔΕΣ), Ethnikós Dimokratikós Ellinikós Sýndesmos (EDES)) was a major anti-Nazi resistance group formed during the Axis occupation of Greece during World War II.
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.
Battles and operations involving the Greek Resistance (2 C, 11 P) F. Films about Greek resistance (4 P) G. Greek People's Liberation Army (3 C, 6 P) N.
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 ...
Members of the Greek Resistance in World War II. Subcategories. ... Jews in the Greek resistance (6 P) N. National Liberation Front (Greece) members (1 C, 48 P)