EAM (National Liberation Front)

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EAM (National Liberation Front) was the major Greek resistance movement during World War II, led largely by communists and active against Axis occupation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek resistance movement
political organization
abbreviation EAM
activeIn World War II
alliedWith Soviet Union
surface form: Soviet Union (politically)

Yugoslav Partisans
armedWing Greek People’s Liberation Army (ELAS)
surface form: ELAS (Greek People's Liberation Army)
claimedLegitimacyAs representative of the Greek people
country Greece
created Political Committee of National Liberation (PEEA)
dateFounded 1941-09-27
dissolved 1945
foundedBy Communist Party of Greece
foundedIn Athens
Kingdom of Greece
fullName Ethniko Apeleftherotiko Metopo
National Liberation Front
goal national liberation of Greece from Axis occupation
social and political transformation of Greece
hasMilitaryBranch Greek People’s Liberation Army (ELAS)
surface form: ELAS (Greek People's Liberation Army)
headquartersLocation Athens
historicalPeriod Axis occupation of Greece
ideology communism
left-wing nationalism
influencedBy Communist Party of Greece
involvedIn Dekemvriana
surface form: Dekemvriana (December events) in Athens
membership mass organization including various left and democratic groups
nativeLanguage Greek
notableEvent creation of the Political Committee of National Liberation (PEEA)
establishment of ELAS as its military arm
participation in the Greek Civil War prelude
notableFor being the largest Greek resistance organization during World War II
opposedBy British authorities in Greece
Greek government-in-exile
opposedTo Axis powers
Bulgarian Army
surface form: Bulgarian occupation forces

Fascist Italy
Nazi Germany
partOf Axis occupation of Greece
surface form: Greek Resistance
politicalPosition left-wing
politicalWingOf Greek People’s Liberation Army (ELAS)
surface form: ELAS (Greek People's Liberation Army)
region occupied Greece
supportedBy rural peasantry in Greece
urban working class in Greece
territorialControl large parts of occupied rural Greece
typeOfResistance partisan movement
usedLanguage Greek

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Lebanon Conference (1944) participant EAM (National Liberation Front)
National Liberation Front (EAM) politicalWing EAM (National Liberation Front)
this entity surface form: EAM Political Committee of National Liberation