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by greenonion
3974 days ago
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I think you are oversimplifying the events. I'm not suggesting there was nothing wrong with EAM. However, the article is about the British involvement that lead to the December '44 events. They freed and armed the Greeks who collaborated with the Nazi regime and they disarmed (or tried to disarm) only ELAS members. Of course Greek citizens would protest against that. And it was policemen armed by the British who opened fire against a peaceful crowd. I really can't see how you can justify this. |
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This is not really the case. Two "groups" were to be left armed (and transformed into a national army): the 3rd Greek Mountain Brigade and the Sacred Band. Both groups were formed by the Greek government in exile, and were under the control of the Greek government. Both groups fought in battles against the Nazis. There is no question of collaboration among them.
As for the cops I'm sure there were collaborationists in their ranks, and obviously firing on the crowd was both wrong and a massive mistake. But this is no justification for anything the communists did.