EAM (National Liberation Front)

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Greek resistance movement political organization

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

Aliases (1)

EAM Political Committee of National Liberation ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Greek resistance movement → political organization →
abbreviation	EAM →
activeIn	World War II →
alliedWith	Soviet Union (politically) → Yugoslav Partisans →
armedWing	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	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 (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 occupation forces → Fascist Italy → Nazi Germany →
partOf	Greek Resistance →
politicalPosition	left-wing →
politicalWingOf	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 →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Lebanon Conference (1944) →	participant
National Liberation Front (EAM) ("EAM Political Committee of National Liberation") →	politicalWing