Aris Velouchiotis
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Athanasios Klaras, better known by the nom de guerre Aris Velouchiotis, was a Greek journalist and politician. He was a member of the Communist Party of Greece and the most prominent leader and chief
Velouchiotis in Athens after the Liberation (Hotel Grande Bretagne, photo by Dmitri Kessel)
Velouchiotis, to the left, with officers of ELAS
Cavalry of ELAS
Velouchiotis talks in Lamia after the withdrawal of the Axis powers.
ELAS
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The Greek People's Liberation Army, known mostly by its acronym ELAS, was the military arm of the left-wing National Liberation Front, whose main driving force was KKE, during the period of the Greek
Aris Velouchiotis
…was a Greek journalist and politician. He was a member of the Communist Party of Greece and the most prominent leader and chief instigator of the Greek People's Liberation Army (ELAS), the military branch of the National Liberation Front (EAM), which was the major resistance organization in occupied Greece from 1942 to 1945…
ELAS partisans on Mount Parnitha
Call to become part of ELAS
Taking an oath
Ships of the Greek People's Liberation Navy