Greek Resistance

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The Greek Resistance was a diverse movement of partisan groups and underground organizations that fought against Axis forces and their collaborators in Greece during World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II resistance movement
partisan movement
resistance movement
collaboratedWith Allied forces
Special Operations Executive
surface form: British Special Operations Executive
conflict World War II
country Greece
endTime 1944
hasConsequence Greek Civil War
post-war political polarization in Greece
hasPart Greek People’s Liberation Army (ELAS)
surface form: EAM–ELAS

EDES representatives
surface form: EDES

EKKA
Greek People’s Liberation Army (ELAS)
National Liberation Front (EAM)
Greek National Republican League
surface form: National Republican Greek League (EDES)

National and Social Liberation (EKKA)
PEEA
ideology Greek nationalism
Venizelism
communism
monarchism
republicanism
language Greek
location Greek islands
mainland Greece
notableOperation Gorgopotamos sabotage
surface form: Gorgopotamos bridge sabotage

Operation Animals
Operation Harling
Sabotage of Asopos railway bridge
opposedBy Bulgarian occupation forces
Italian occupation forces
SS
Security Battalions
Wehrmacht
opposedTo Axis collaborationist government in Greece
Axis powers
Bulgaria
Fascist Italy
Nazi Germany
partOf European resistance movements in World War II
result contributed to liberation of Greece from Axis occupation
significantEvent Caserta Agreement (1944)
Dekemvriana
Lebanon Conference (1944)
startTime 1941
usedTactic guerrilla warfare
intelligence gathering
propaganda
sabotage

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Axis occupation of Greece mainOpponent Greek Resistance
Iannis Xenakis participatedIn Greek Resistance
this entity surface form: Greek Resistance in World War II
Balkan theatre of World War II hasParticipant Greek Resistance
this entity surface form: Greek resistance
Albanian resistance relatedTo Greek Resistance
SOE cooperatedWith Greek Resistance
this entity surface form: Greek resistance
EDES representatives partOf Greek Resistance
this entity surface form: Greek resistance movement
Ethniko Apeleftherotiko Metopo partOf Greek Resistance
National Liberation Front participatedIn Greek Resistance
subject surface form: National Liberation Front (EAM)
Political Committee of National Liberation (PEEA) partOf Greek Resistance
subject surface form: Political Committee of National Liberation
EKKA partOf Greek Resistance
ELAS conflict Greek Resistance
Security Battalions opposed Greek Resistance
ELAS guerrillas conflict Greek Resistance
Holocaust in Greece opposedBy Greek Resistance
this entity surface form: Greek resistance
Karolos Papoulias conflict Greek Resistance
Aris Velouchiotis conflict Greek Resistance
Aris Velouchiotis activityStart Greek Resistance
this entity surface form: Greek Resistance (1942)
Stefanos Sarafis participatedIn Greek Resistance
Stefanos Sarafis areaOfActivity Greek Resistance
this entity surface form: Greek Resistance during World War II