National and Social Liberation was a Greek Resistance movement during the Axis occupation of Greece. It was founded in autumn 1942 by Colonel Dimitrios Psarros and politician Georgios Kartalis.
Dimitrios Psarros, military leader of EKKA.
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The Greek resistance involved armed and unarmed groups from across the political spectrum that resisted the Axis occupation of Greece in the period 1941–1944, during World War II. The largest group wa
National and Social Liberation
…National and Social Liberation (Greek: Εθνική και Κοινωνική Απελευθέρωσις, ΕΚΚΑ; Ethnikí kai Koinonikí Apelefthérosis, EKKA) was a Greek Resistance movement during the Axis occupation of Greece. It was founded in autumn 1942 by Colonel Dimitrios Psarros and politician Georgios Kartalis. Alongside…
Athens University students parading on Greek National Independence Day (25 March) 1942, in defiance of the German and Italian occupation forces; the parade was eventually dispersed by Axis troops.
German soldiers raising the German War Flag over the Acropolis of Athens. The symbol of the country's occupation, it would be taken down in one of the first acts of the Greek Resistance.
Aris Velouchiotis, to the left, with officers of ELAS
Napoleon Zervas, leader of the military wing of the EDES, with fellow officers