Table of Main Resistance Groups
Further information: List of Greek Resistance organizations| Group name | Political orientation | Political leadership | Military arm | Military leadership | Estimated peak membership |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Liberation Front (Ethnikó Apeleftherotikó Métopo/ΕΑΜ) |
Broad leftist front affiliated with the Communist Party of Greece | Georgios Siantos | Greek People's Liberation Army (Ellinikós Laikós Apeleftherotikós Stratós/ELAS) | Aris Velouchiotis, Stefanos Sarafis | 50,000 + 30,000 reserves (October 1944) |
| National Republican Greek League (Ethnikós Dimokratikós Ellinikós Sýndesmos/EDES) |
Venizelist, nationalist, republican, socialist, anti-communist | Nikolaos Plastiras (nominal), Komninos Pyromaglou | National Groups of Greek Guerrillas (Ethnikés Omádes Ellínon Antartón/EOEA) |
Napoleon Zervas | 12,000 + ca. 5,000 reserves (October 1944) |
| National and Social Liberation (Ethnikí Kai Koinonikí Apelefthérosis/EKKA) |
Venizelist, republican, liberal, anti-communist | Georgios Kartalis | 5/42 Evzone Regiment (5/42 Sýntagma Evzónon) |
Dimitrios Psarros and Evripidis Bakirtzis | 1,000 (spring 1943) |
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