National Liberation Front

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The National Liberation Front (EAM) was the main Greek resistance movement during World War II, led largely by communists and leftists in opposition to Axis occupation.

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National Liberation Front canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political organization
resistance movement
abbreviation EAM
activeIn World War II
aimedFor national liberation of Greece
social transformation
alliedWith British forces in Greece
Soviet Union
alsoKnownAs EAM
conflictWith British forces in Athens in 1944
Greek government-in-exile supporters
country Greece
dissolved 1945
engagedIn guerrilla warfare
political mobilization
founded 1941
fullName Ethniko Apeleftherotiko Metopo
hadMassOrganization EAM women’s organizations
EAM youth wing
hasPart Greek People’s Liberation Army (ELAS)
headquartersLocation Athens
ideology communism
left-wing politics
influencedBy Marxism–Leninism
involvedIn Greek Civil War
surface form: Greek Civil War (early phase)
language Greek
leader Communist Party of Greece
surface form: Greek Communist Party
militaryWingOf National Liberation Front (EAM)
notableEvent Dekemvriana
surface form: Dekemvriana (December events) in Athens
operatedIn occupied Greece
opposed Axis occupation of Greece
Bulgarian occupation forces in Greece
German occupation forces in Greece
Italian occupation forces in Greece
collaborationist Greek government
organized local resistance committees
underground press
participatedIn Greek Resistance
politicalPosition far-left
left-wing
supportedBy rural population in Greece
urban working class in Greece
usedTactics armed resistance
sabotage
strikes

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EAM (National Liberation Front) fullName National Liberation Front
EAM fullNameEnglish National Liberation Front
Ethniko Apeleftherotiko Metopo EnglishName National Liberation Front