Ethniko Apeleftherotiko Metopo

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Ethniko Apeleftherotiko Metopo was a major Greek resistance organization during World War II, led largely by communists and known for organizing armed struggle and mass political mobilization against Axis occupation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek resistance organization
World War II resistance movement
activeIn 1940s
activity armed resistance
guerrilla warfare
mass political mobilization
underground organization
alliedWith Soviet Union
surface form: Soviet Union (politically)

Yugoslav Partisans
conflict Axis occupation of Greece
World War II
country Greece
EnglishName National Liberation Front
foundedBy Agrarian Party of Greece
Communist Party of Greece
surface form: Greek Communist Party

Socialist Party of Greece
Union of Popular Democracy
goal national liberation of Greece
social transformation
hasMilitaryWing ELAS
ideology communism
left-wing nationalism
influencedBy Marxism–Leninism
language Greek
leader Communist Party of Greece
surface form: Greek Communist Party
militaryWingName Greek People’s Liberation Army (ELAS)
surface form: Greek People’s Liberation Army
nativeName National Liberation Front (EAM)
surface form: Εθνικό Απελευθερωτικό Μέτωπο
notableFor creating parallel administrative structures
establishing liberated zones in rural Greece
organizing large-scale resistance against Axis occupation
operatingArea occupied Greece
opposedBy British-backed Greek government-in-exile
German occupation authorities
collaborationist Greek government
opposedTo Axis powers
Bulgarian occupation forces
Fascist Italy
Nazi Germany
organized civil administration in liberated areas
local self-government
mass organizations
people’s courts
women’s organizations
youth organizations
partOf Greek Resistance
politicalPosition left-wing
relatedOrganization Greek People’s Liberation Army (ELAS)
surface form: EAM-ELAS

PEEA
shortName EAM
timePeriod World War II

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EAM (National Liberation Front) fullName Ethniko Apeleftherotiko Metopo
EAM fullName Ethniko Apeleftherotiko Metopo
National Liberation Front fullName Ethniko Apeleftherotiko Metopo
subject surface form: National Liberation Front (EAM)
EKKA alsoKnownAs Ethniko Apeleftherotiko Metopo
this entity surface form: Ethniki kai Koinoniki Apeleftherosis