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The Cretan resistance (Greek: Κρητική Αντίσταση, Kritiki Antistasi) was a resistance movement against the occupying forces of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy by the residents of the Greek island of Crete during World War II. [1]
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.
George Psychoundakis BEM (Greek: Γεώργιος Ψυχουντάκης; 3 November 1920 – 29 January 2006) was a member of the Greek Resistance on Crete during the Second World War and after the war an author. Following the German invasion, between 1941 and 1945, he served as the dispatch runner for the Special Operations Executive (SOE ...
The Greek resistance to the Italian invasion was immediate, ... 1941 and the Greek government fled to Crete, where resistance would still continue until Crete finally fell, too, in June of 1941.
Moss on Crete summer 1944. The Damasta sabotage (Greek: Το σαμποτάζ της Δαμάστας) was an attack by Cretan resistance fighters led by British Special Operations Executive officer Captain Bill Stanley Moss MC against German occupation forces in World War II.
Georgios Petrakis (Greek: Γεώργιος ... He was a leading figure in the Cretan resistance of the years 1941 – 1944 against the Axis occupation forces, ...
Forget fly and flop: central Crete’s highlands have long been a stronghold of resistance against invaders throughout the island’s history. Len Williams takes a drive through this fascinatingly ...
The Supreme Committee of Cretan Struggle (Greek: Ανωτάτη Επιτροπή Αγώνος Κρήτης, A.E.A.K.) was a resistance organization founded in Crete in June 1941. It was the first armed resistance organization founded in Greece after its occupation by the Axis powers and was a precursor to the National Organization of Crete (EOK ...