EAM

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EAM was a major Greek resistance organization during World War II that fought against Axis occupation and played a key role in the country’s wartime and immediate postwar politics.


Statements (32)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek resistance organization
political organization
abbreviation EAM
activeDuring World War II
associatedMilitaryWing ELAS
associatedMilitaryWingFullName Greek People’s Liberation Army
conflict Axis occupation of Greece
country Greece
foundedBy Communist Party of Greece
fullName Ethniko Apeleftherotiko Metopo
fullNameEnglish National Liberation Front
goal national liberation of Greece
resistance against Axis occupation
social and political transformation of Greece
historicalSignificance largest resistance movement in Greece during World War II
ideology communist-influenced
left-wing
influence shaped postwar political landscape in Greece
languageOfName Greek
notableEvent involvement in Greek Civil War context
participation in Greek Resistance
opposedTo Axis powers
collaborationist Greek governments
organized local resistance committees
underground political structures
politicalRole major force in immediate postwar Greek politics
major force in wartime Greek politics
sphereOfActivity occupied Greece
supportedBy large segments of rural population
urban working class
timePeriod 1940s
typeOfResistance political and mass resistance front


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