Ethnikos Laikos Apeleftherotikos Stratos (ELAS) (Greek Εθνικός Λαϊκός Απελευθερωτικός Στράτος (ΕΛΑΣ) "National Popular Liberation Army") was the military arm of the Ethniko Apeleftherotiko Metopo (ELAM) during the period of the Greek Resistance and the Greek Civil War. The Ethniko Apeleftherotiko Metopo (ΕΑΜ) (Greek Εθηνικό Απελευθερωτικό Μέτωπο (ΕΑΜ), National Liberation Front) was the resistance movement founded by the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) during World War II against the Nazi occupation. ... The Greek Resistance is the blanket term for a number of armed and unarmed groups from across the political spectrum that resisted the Axis occupation of Greece during World War II. // Origins The rise of resistance movements in Greece was precipitated by the invasion and occupation of Greece by Nazi... An ELAS resistance fighter The Greek Civil War was a war fought between 1942 and 1949. ...