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It was founded in 1918 as the Socialist Workers' Party of Greece (SEKE) and adopted its current name in November 1924. [12] It is the oldest political party in modern Greek politics. [13] The party was banned in 1936, but played a significant role in the Greek resistance and the Greek Civil War, and its
Nachmani, Amikam. "Civil War and Foreign Intervention in Greece: 1946–49." Journal of Contemporary History (1990): 489–522. in JSTOR; Plakoudas, Spyridon. The Greek Civil War: Strategy, Counterinsurgency and the Monarchy (2017) pp 119–127. Stergiou, Andreas. "Greece during the cold war." Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (2008) 8#1 ...
Greek Resistance, Greek Civil War Markos Vafeiadis (also spelled as Vafiadis and Vafiades ; Greek : Μάρκος Βαφειάδης ; ( 1906-01-28 ) 28 January 1906 – ( 1992-02-22 ) 22 February 1992) [ 1 ] [ 2 ] was a leading figure of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) during the Greek Resistance and the Greek Civil War .
Founded in 1951 after the Greek civil war. The party became a “legal expression” of the KKE's communist ideals. Despite this, the party was not openly communist, however, its “generic brand of leftism” appealed to many Greek people. [11] In the early 1960s, the EDA had an active youth subset and around 70,000 members in Greece. [11]
Banned by the government of Greece from 1936 to 1974. Led the Political Committee of National Liberation during World War II and the Provisional Democratic Government and Democratic Army of Greece during the 1946–1949 Greek Civil War. Marxist Leninist Communist Party of Greece
With American and British aid, the civil war ended with the military defeat of the communists in 1949. The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) and its ancillary organizations were outlawed (Law 509/1947), and many Communists either fled the country or faced persecution.
The Greek Civil War had broken out in spring 1946, but it was not until June 1947 that the Greek Communists announced their intention to form a separate government. This move was announced by leading Party member Miltiadis Porfyrogennis at the Congress of the French Communist Party, in a move designed to garner publicity and highlight the support of other Communist parties and governments to ...
The Battle of Konitsa was a conflict of the Greek Civil War (1946-1949); between the Communist led Democratic Army of Greece and the Greek Army of the Kingdom of Greece. It was a failed initiative to capture the northwestern Greek town of Konitsa, in order to establish a capital for the Provisional Democratic Government; a rival authority to the recognized government in Athens.