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National Liberation Front E.A. M White Book May 1944--March 1945; Trikkala February 1 1945 reprinted in Athens

1945réf. 66739New York: The Greek American Council 1945. Wraps. Good. No dust jacket. 6 137 3 pages. 28 cm. Cover is worn soiled front cover creased and small piece of corner missing. Minor water staining at bottom of several pages. Minor loss of material at botton of several pages. Pencil erasure residue on t-p. Produced by Co-op Mimeo Service of New York City. From Wikipedia: "The National Liberation Front was the main movement of the Greek Resistance during the Axis occupation of Greece during World War II. Its main driving force was the Communist Party of Greece KKE but its membership throughout the Occupation period included several other leftist and republican groups. EAM became the first true mass social movement in modern Greek history and even established its own government the Political Committee of National Liberation in the areas it had liberated in spring 1944. At the same time from late 1943 onwards the political enmity between EAM and rival resistance groups from the centre and right evolved into a virtual civil war which was ended only with the Lebanon conference in May 1944. The organisation reached its peak after Liberation in late 1944 when it controlled most of the country before suffering a catastrophic military and political defeat in the December 1944 events. This marked the beginning of its gradual decline and the open persecution of its members accusing it for crimes against political rivals and Soviet perspective and leading eventually to the outbreak of the Greek Civil War.After Liberation in October 1944 the tensions between EAM and right-wing nationalist or western-oriented republican forces which were supported by Great Britain escalated. Originally as agreed at the Lebanon conference EAM participated in the government of national unity under George Papandreou with 6 ministers. Due to disagreements regarding the disarmament of ELAS and the formation of a national army on 1 December the EAMite ministers left. EAM organized a demonstration in Athens on December 3 1944 against British interference. The exact details of what happened have been debated ever since but gendarmes opened fire on the crowd resulting in 25 dead protesters including a six-year-old boy and 148 wounded. This clash escalated into a month-long conflict between ELAS and the British and Greek governmental forces known as the "December events" Dekemvrianá which resulted in a British and Greek government victory. In February the Varkiza agreement was endorsed leading to the disbandment of ELAS. In April the S and LD parties left EAM. EAM was not dissolved but was hence for all intents and purposes merely an expression of the KKE. During the 1945-1946 period a conservative terror campaign the "White Terror" was launched against EAM-KKE supporters. The country became polarized eventually leading to the outbreak of the Greek Civil War in March 1946 which lasted until 1949. In its aftermath and in the context of the Cold War KKE was outlawed and EAM/ELAS vilified as an attempt at "Communist take-over" and accused for various crimes against political rivals. The issue remains a highly controversial subject to this day. With the coming of Andreas Papandreou to power in 1981 however EAM was recognized as a resistance movement and the fighters of ELAS were honored and given state pensions." The Greek American Council paperback

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