National Liberation Front (EAM)

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The National Liberation Front (EAM) was a major left-wing resistance movement in Greece during World War II that later became a central communist-aligned force in the Greek Civil War.

Aliases (8)
  • Greek People’s Liberation Army (ELAS) ×3
  • Communist Party of Greece ×2
  • EAM-ELAS ×2
  • Greek People’s Liberation Army ×2
  • United Democratic Left (EDA) ×2
  • EAM–ELAS ×1
  • ELAS (Greek People’s Liberation Army) ×1
  • Εθνικό Απελευθερωτικό Μέτωπο ×1

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
instanceOf communist-aligned organization
guerrilla army
political organization
political party
political party
resistance movement
activeInPeriod Greek Civil War
World War II
alliedWith Allied powers
Soviet Union
Yugoslav Partisans
armedWing Greek People’s Liberation Army (ELAS)
country Greece
Greece
Greece
demographicSupport rural population of Greece
urban working class in Greece
dissolved mid-1940s
founded 27 September 1941
founder Agrarian Party of Greece
Communist Party of Greece
Socialist Party of Greece
Union of Popular Democracy
headquarters Athens
ideology communism
communism
communism
left-wing politics
socialism
languageOfName Greek
membershipClaim over one million members at its peak
nativeLabel Εθνικό Απελευθερωτικό Μέτωπο
notableEvent Caserta Agreement (1944)
Dekemvriana clashes in Athens
Lebanon Conference (1944)
participation in the Greek Resistance
operatingArea occupied Greece
opposedTo Axis occupation of Greece
Bulgarian occupation forces
Fascist Italy
Nazi Germany
parentOrganization Communist Party of Greece
politicalGoal establishment of a people’s democracy in Greece
politicalPosition far-left
politicalWing EAM Political Committee of National Liberation
purpose national liberation of Greece from Axis occupation
social and political transformation of Greece
roleIn Greek Civil War
shortName EAM
successor United Democratic Left (EDA)
usedColor red
usedSymbol red star

Referenced by (12)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Dekemvriana ("EAM-ELAS")
Dekemvriana ("Greek People’s Liberation Army")
hasParticipant
Greek People’s Liberation Army
armedWingOf
Dekemvriana ("EAM-ELAS")
hasMainBelligerent
Greek Civil War
involves
Axis occupation of Greece ("EAM–ELAS")
mainOpponent
Varkiza Agreement
mainParty
National Liberation Front (EAM) ("Εθνικό Απελευθερωτικό Μέτωπο")
nativeLabel
Lebanon Conference (1944) ("ELAS (Greek People’s Liberation Army)")
participant
Greek People’s Liberation Army
partOf
Greek People’s Liberation Army
politicalWing
Democratic Army of Greece ("Greek People’s Liberation Army")
precededBy

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