National Republican Greek League
Also known as EDES, EDES/EOEA
The National Republican Greek League (, Ethnikós Dimokratikós Ellinikós Sýndesmos (EDES)) was an anti-Nazi resistance group formed during the Axis occupation of Greece during World War II.
Key facts
- War faction.name
- National Republican Greek League
- War faction.war
- the Greek Resistance
- War faction.image
- Napoleon Zervas.JPG
- War faction.image_size
- 250px
- War faction.caption
- Napoleon Zervas (2nd from left) with fellow EDES officers Fotios Zambaras (1st from left)
- War faction.active
- 1941–1944
- War faction.ideology
- Greek nationalismRepublicanism (until 1943)Venizelism (until 1943) Monarchism (after 1943) Anti-communism
- War faction.leaders
- Napoleon ZervasKomninos Pyromaglou
- War faction.area
- EpirusAetolia-Acarnania
- War faction.size
- ca.12,000 (October 1944)
- War faction.allies
- EKKAPAOPEANEOKMAVIOrganization XSOEGreek government in exile
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Article
7 sectionsContents
- Foundation and ideology
- Beginnings of armed resistance – The Gorgopotamos operation
- List of battles
- Accusations of collaborationism
- The civil war within the Resistance
- References
- Sources
The National Republican Greek League (, Ethnikós Dimokratikós Ellinikós Sýndesmos (EDES)) was an anti-Nazi resistance group formed during the Axis occupation of Greece during World War II.
The largest of the non-communist resistance groups, its military wing, the National Groups of Greek Guerrillas (Εθνικές Ομάδες Ελλήνων Ανταρτών, Ethnikés Omádes Ellínon Antartón (ΕΟΕΑ)) concentrated its military activities in Epirus. From 1943 onwards, EDES came into confrontation with the communist-led National Liberation Front, beginning a series of civil conflicts that would lead to the Greek Civil War.