ELAS

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Greek resistance organization military wing of a political movement

ELAS was the main Greek resistance army during World War II, closely linked to the communist-led National Liberation Front (EAM), and played a central role in the fight against Axis occupation.

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Label Occurrences
ELAS canonical 6

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek resistance organization ⓘ
military wing of a political movement ⓘ
abbreviation ELAS self-link ⓘ
activeDuring Axis occupation of Greece ⓘ
alliedWith Special Operations Executive ⓘ
surface form: British Special Operations Executive

Yugoslav Partisans ⓘ
areaOfOperations Greek mountains ⓘ
mainland Greece ⓘ
conflict Greek Civil War ⓘ
Greek Resistance ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
country Greece ⓘ
demobilizedAsResultOf Varkiza Agreement ⓘ
dissolutionYear 1945 ⓘ
engagedIn guerrilla warfare ⓘ
liberation of Greek towns and villages ⓘ
sabotage operations ⓘ
formationYear 1942 ⓘ
foundedBy EAM ⓘ
fullName Democratic Army of Greece ⓘ
surface form: Ellinikós Laïkós Apeleftherotikós Stratós
fullNameInEnglish Greek People’s Liberation Army (ELAS) ⓘ
surface form: Greek People’s Liberation Army
goal establishment of people’s power in Greece ⓘ
liberation of Greece from Axis occupation ⓘ
headquartersLocation occupied Greece ⓘ
ideology communism ⓘ
left-wing nationalism ⓘ
languageOfName Greek ⓘ
militaryWingOf EAM ⓘ
notableLeader Andreas Tzimas ⓘ
Aris Velouchiotis ⓘ
Stefanos Sarafis ⓘ
opposedTo Axis powers ⓘ
Bulgarian occupation forces ⓘ
Fascist Italy ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
parentOrganization EAM ⓘ
partOf EAM ⓘ
politicalAffiliation Communist Party of Greece ⓘ
surface form: Greek Communist Party
politicalWing EAM ⓘ
roleInHistory largest resistance army in occupied Greece ⓘ
main armed force of the Greek Resistance ⓘ
successor Democratic Army of Greece ⓘ
supportedBy Communist Party of Greece ⓘ
surface form: Greek Communist Party
tookPartIn Dekemvriana ⓘ
Gorgopotamos sabotage ⓘ
typeOfOrganization irregular military force ⓘ
partisan army ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

EAM → associatedMilitaryWing → ELAS ⓘ
Greek People’s Liberation Army (ELAS) → shortName → ELAS ⓘ
subject surface form: Greek People’s Liberation Army
Ethniko Apeleftherotiko Metopo → hasMilitaryWing → ELAS ⓘ
EKKA → hadTenseRelationsWith → ELAS ⓘ
ELAS → abbreviation → ELAS self-link ⓘ
Stefanos Sarafis → affiliation → ELAS ⓘ