Liberation, Dekemvriana and road to Civil War National Liberation Front (Greece)

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booklet dimitris glinos, national liberation front , want? , 1944 edition


after liberation in october 1944, tensions between ΕΑΜ , anticommunist forces, supported britain, escalated. originally, agreed @ lebanon conference, ΕΑΜ participated in government of national unity under george papandreou 6 ministers. disagreements regarding disarmament of elas , formation of national army made ministers, on 1 december, resign. ΕΑΜ organized demonstration in athens on december 3, 1944 against british interference. exact details of happened have been debated ever since, gendarmes opened fire on crowd, resulting in 25 dead protesters (including six-year-old boy) , 148 wounded. clash escalated month-long conflict between elas , british , greek governmental forces, known december events (dekemvrianá), resulted in government victory. in february, varkiza agreement signed, leading disbandment of elas. in april, ΣΚΕ , ΕΛΔ parties left ΕΑΜ. ΕΑΜ not dissolved intents , purposes merely expression of ΚΚΕ. during 1945-1946 period, conservative terror campaign (the white terror ) launched against ΕΑΜ-ΚΚΕ supporters. country became polarized, leading outbreak of greek civil war in march 1946, lasted until 1949. in aftermath, , in context of cold war, ΚΚΕ outlawed, , ΕΑΜ/elas vilified attempt @ communist takeover , accused of various crimes against political rivals. issue remains highly controversial subject. coming of andreas papandreou power in 1981 however, ΕΑΜ recognized resistance movement, , fighters of elas honoured , given state pensions.







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