Ethnikos Dimokratikos Ellinikos Syndesmos (GreekΕθνικός Δημοκρατικός Ελληνικός Σύνδεσμος, "Greek National Democratic Union", abbreviated EDES) was a World War IIGreek resistance movement. Its core leadership were anti-communist, Venizelist, republicans, in contrast to the larger communist-affiliated Ethnikos Laikos Apeleftherotikos Stratos (ELAS) and its sister group, the non-military Ethniko Apeleftherotiko Metopo (ΕΑΜ). An ideologically similar, but much smaller, group was the Ethniki Kai Koinoniki Apeleftherosis (EKKA). It was led by colonel Napoleon Zervas. Combatants Allies: Soviet Union, United Kingdom, France/Free France, United States, Canada, China, India, Australia, Poland, New Zealand, South Africa, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, Bulgaria, Finland, Romania, Hungary, Burma Casualties Military dead: 17 million Civilian dead: 33 million Total dead: 50 million Military dead: 8 million Civilian... An ELAS soldier 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... Anti-communism is an ideology of opposition to communist organization, government and ideology. ... Venizelism was one of the major political movements in Greece from the 1900s until the mid 1970s. ... In a broad definition a republic is a state or country that is led by people who do not base their political power on any principle beyond the control of the people of that state or country. ... This article is about communism as a form of society and as a political movement. ... An ELAS soldier Ethnikos Laikos Apeleftherotikos Stratos (ELAS) (Greek Εθνικός Λαϊκός ΑπελευθεÏωτικός ΣτÏατός (ΕΛΑΣ) National Popular Liberation Army) was the military arm of the communist Ethniko Apeleftherotiko Metopo (EAM) (Εθνικό ΑπελευθεÏωτικό ÎœÎτωπο (ΕΑΜ) National Liberation Front) during the period of the Greek Resistance and the Greek Civil War. ... The Ethniko Apeleftherotiko Metopo (ΕΑΜ) (Greek Εθηνικό ΑπελευθεÏωτικό ÎœÎτωπο (ΕΑΜ), National Liberation Front) was the resistance movement founded by the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) during World War II against the Nazi occupation. ... Ethniki Kai Koinoniki Apeleftherosis (Greek Εθνική και Κοινωνική ΑπελευθÎÏωσις or ΑπελευθÎÏωση, National and Allied Liberation) was a Greek resistance organization which operated during World War II. Categories: Military stubs ...
The EAM and its military wing, the Greek National Liberation Army (Ethnikos Laikos Apeleftherotikos Stratos, or ELAS), were established by the Communist Party of Greece (the KKE).
The most important of such forces were the Greek National Republican League (EthnikosDimokratikosEllinikosSyndesmos, or the EDES), led by a former army officer, Colonel Napoleon Zervas, and the National and Social Liberation (Ethniki Kai Koinoniki Apeleftherosis, or the EKKA), led by Colonel Dimitrios Psaros.
They now were organized as the Democratic Army of Greece (Dimokratikos Stratos Elladas, DSE), under the command of the ELAS veteran Markos Vafiadis (known as "General Markos"), who operated from a base in Yugoslavia.
Ethnikos Laikos Apeleftherotikos Stratos (ELAS) (Greek Εθνικός Λαϊκός Απελευθερωτικός Στρατός (ΕΛΑΣ) "National Popular Liberation Army") was the military arm of the communistEthniko Apeleftherotiko Metopo (EAM) (Εθνικό Απελευθερωτικό Μέτωπο (ΕΑΜ) National Liberation Front) during the period of the Greek Resistance and the Greek Civil War.
All these were co-ordinated and organised by a shadow-government, called the "Mountain Government", in which participated not only communist leaders but also progressive bourgeois, that had nothing to do with communist ideas.
They were joined by other, center-left or non-politicised Greek resistance fighters and by 1944 they controlled three-fifths of the country.
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