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.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Greek People’s Liberation Army	8
Greek People’s Liberation Army (ELAS) canonical	4
EAM-ELAS	3
ELAS (Greek People's Liberation Army)	3
EAM–ELAS	2
Greek People's Liberation Army (ELAS)	2
EAM-ELAS (Greek left-wing resistance) in political terms	1
EAM-ELAS (after breakdown of cooperation)	1
Ελληνικός Λαϊκός Απελευθερωτικός Στρατός	1

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	Special Operations Executive ⓘ surface form: British Special Operations Executive
conflict	Greek Civil War ⓘ Axis occupation of Greece ⓘ surface form: 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	Greek People’s Liberation Army (ELAS) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ελληνικός Λαϊκός Απελευθερωτικός Στρατός
nativeNameLanguage	Greek ⓘ
notableCommander	Aris Velouchiotis ⓘ Stefanos Sarafis ⓘ
notableEvent	Dekemvriana ⓘ surface form: Dekemvriana in Athens
notableOperation	sabotage of Gorgopotamos bridge ⓘ
operationalArea	mainland Greece ⓘ rural Greece ⓘ
opposedBy	British Armed Forces ⓘ EDES representatives ⓘ surface form: 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 (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

National Liberation Front (EAM) → armedWing → Greek People’s Liberation Army (ELAS) ⓘ

DSE → precededBy → Greek People’s Liberation Army (ELAS) ⓘ

subject surface form: Democratic Army of Greece

this entity surface form: Greek People’s Liberation Army

EAM (National Liberation Front) → armedWing → Greek People’s Liberation Army (ELAS) ⓘ

this entity surface form: ELAS (Greek People's Liberation Army)

EAM (National Liberation Front) → politicalWingOf → Greek People’s Liberation Army (ELAS) ⓘ

this entity surface form: ELAS (Greek People's Liberation Army)

EAM (National Liberation Front) → hasMilitaryBranch → Greek People’s Liberation Army (ELAS) ⓘ

this entity surface form: ELAS (Greek People's Liberation Army)

Caserta Agreement (1944) → involvedParty → Greek People’s Liberation Army (ELAS) ⓘ

this entity surface form: EAM–ELAS

Greek government-in-exile → opposedBy → Greek People’s Liberation Army (ELAS) ⓘ

this entity surface form: EAM-ELAS (Greek left-wing resistance) in political terms

EAM → associatedMilitaryWingFullName → Greek People’s Liberation Army (ELAS) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greek People’s Liberation Army

Greek People’s Liberation Army (ELAS) → nativeName → Greek People’s Liberation Army (ELAS) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Greek People’s Liberation Army

this entity surface form: Ελληνικός Λαϊκός Απελευθερωτικός Στρατός

Ethniko Apeleftherotiko Metopo → militaryWingName → Greek People’s Liberation Army (ELAS) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greek People’s Liberation Army

Ethniko Apeleftherotiko Metopo → relatedOrganization → Greek People’s Liberation Army (ELAS) ⓘ

this entity surface form: EAM-ELAS

National Liberation Front → hasPart → Greek People’s Liberation Army (ELAS) ⓘ

subject surface form: National Liberation Front (EAM)

Political Committee of National Liberation (PEEA) → militaryBranch → Greek People’s Liberation Army (ELAS) ⓘ

subject surface form: Political Committee of National Liberation

this entity surface form: Greek People's Liberation Army (ELAS)

British authorities in Greece → opposed → Greek People’s Liberation Army (ELAS) ⓘ

Government of National Unity (Greece) → mainOpposition → Greek People’s Liberation Army (ELAS) ⓘ

this entity surface form: EAM-ELAS (after breakdown of cooperation)

Varkiza → betweenParties → Greek People’s Liberation Army (ELAS) ⓘ

subject surface form: Varkiza Agreement

this entity surface form: EAM-ELAS

ELAS → fullNameInEnglish → Greek People’s Liberation Army (ELAS) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greek People’s Liberation Army

Security Battalions → opposed → Greek People’s Liberation Army (ELAS) ⓘ

this entity surface form: EAM-ELAS

ELAS guerrillas → partOf → Greek People’s Liberation Army (ELAS) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greek People’s Liberation Army

Liberation of Greece → participant → Greek People’s Liberation Army (ELAS) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greek People's Liberation Army (ELAS)

Greek Resistance → hasPart → Greek People’s Liberation Army (ELAS) ⓘ

this entity surface form: EAM–ELAS

Greek Resistance → hasPart → Greek People’s Liberation Army (ELAS) ⓘ

Aris Velouchiotis → militaryBranch → Greek People’s Liberation Army (ELAS) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greek People’s Liberation Army

Aris Velouchiotis → movement → Greek People’s Liberation Army (ELAS) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greek People’s Liberation Army

Stefanos Sarafis → memberOf → Greek People’s Liberation Army (ELAS) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greek People’s Liberation Army