Greek People’s Liberation Army (ELAS)

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guerrilla army military wing of a political organization resistance movement

The Greek People’s Liberation Army (ELAS) was the main communist-led resistance force in occupied Greece during World War II, conducting guerrilla warfare against Axis troops and their collaborators.

Aliases (5)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	guerrilla army → military wing of a political organization → resistance movement →
alsoKnownAs	ELAS guerrillas →
armedWingOf	National Liberation Front (EAM) →
associatedPoliticalParty	Communist Party of Greece →
collaboratedWith	British Special Operations Executive →
conflict	Greek Civil War → Greek Resistance → World War II →
country	Greece →
dateDissolved	1945 →
dateFounded	1942 →
disarmedBy	Varkiza Agreement →
enemyOf	Axis occupation forces in Greece →
flag	red flag with national symbols →
foundedBy	Communist Party of Greece →
goal	establishment of people’s democracy in Greece → liberation of Greece from Axis occupation →
headquarters	mountain areas of occupied Greece →
historicalPeriod	Axis occupation of Greece →
ideology	communism → left-wing nationalism →
languageOfCommand	Greek →
militaryLeader	Aris Velouchiotis → Stefanos Sarafis →
militaryTactic	guerrilla warfare →
nativeName	Ελληνικός Λαϊκός Απελευθερωτικός Στρατός →
nativeNameLanguage	Greek →
notableCommander	Aris Velouchiotis → Stefanos Sarafis →
notableEvent	Dekemvriana in Athens →
notableOperation	sabotage of Gorgopotamos bridge →
operationalArea	mainland Greece → rural Greece →
opposedBy	British Armed Forces → EDES → Fascist Italy → Greek collaborationist government → Kingdom of Bulgaria → Nazi Germany → Security Battalions →
partOf	National Liberation Front (EAM) →
politicalWing	National Liberation Front (EAM) →
shortName	ELAS →
sizeAtPeak	tens of thousands of fighters →
status	defunct →
successor	Democratic Army of Greece →
typeOfOrganization	irregular military force →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
EAM (National Liberation Front) ("ELAS (Greek People's Liberation Army)") → National Liberation Front (EAM) →	armedWing
EAM ("Greek People’s Liberation Army") →	associatedMilitaryWingFullName
EAM (National Liberation Front) ("ELAS (Greek People's Liberation Army)") →	hasMilitaryBranch
Caserta Agreement (1944) ("EAM–ELAS") →	involvedParty
Greek People’s Liberation Army ("Ελληνικός Λαϊκός Απελευθερωτικός Στρατός") →	nativeName
Greek government-in-exile ("EAM-ELAS (Greek left-wing resistance) in political terms") →	opposedBy
EAM (National Liberation Front) ("ELAS (Greek People's Liberation Army)") →	politicalWingOf
Democratic Army of Greece ("Greek People’s Liberation Army") →	precededBy