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Greek resistance
Armed resistance to the Axis occuption of Greece during WWII / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Greek resistance (Greek: Εθνική Αντίσταση, romanized: Ethnikí Antístasi "National Resistance") involved armed and unarmed groups from across the political spectrum that resisted the Axis occupation of Greece in the period 1941–1944, during World War II. The largest group was the Communist-dominated EAM-ELAS. The Greek Resistance is considered one of the strongest resistance movements in Nazi-occupied Europe,[9] with partisans, men and women known as andartes and andartisses (Greek: αντάρτες, αντάρτισσες, romanized: antártes, antártises, meaning "male and female rebels"),[9][10][11] controlling much of the countryside prior to the German withdrawal from Greece in late 1944.
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Greek resistance | |||||||
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Part of the Balkans Campaign of World War II and the Resistance against the Axis Powers | |||||||
![]() Athens University students parading on Greek National Independence Day (25 March) 1942, in defiance of the German and Italian occupation forces; the parade was eventually dispersed by Axis troops. | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Secessionist groups: ![]() ![]() Roman Legion (until Sep. 1943) |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() and others... Supported by: ![]() ![]() | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Alcibiades Diamandi Nicolaos Matussis Vassilis Rapotikas † |
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Strength | |||||||
A total of 205,000+ men: ![]() ![]() 25,000 men of Security Battalions, Poulos Verband etc |
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Casualties and losses | |||||||
![]() ![]() ![]() 8,000 injured (in total) 6,463 POW Unknown number of collaborators 36,270+ total casualties[5] |
![]() ![]() In total 20,650 partisans killed[6] 10,000 injured (in total) | ||||||
50,000–70,000 civilians executed[7] c. 65,000 (including 60,000 Jews) were deported, of whom a small number survived[8] (300,000 died during the Great Famine) |