Anthem Of The National Liberation Front (ΕΑΜ)

Описание: The National Liberation Front [Εθνικό Απελευθερωτικό Μέτωπο (EAM)], was the main movement of the Greek Resistance during the Axis occupation of Greece. Its main driving force was the Communist Party of Greece [Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας (KKE)], but its membership throughout the occupation included several other leftist and republican groups.ΕΑΜ became the first true mass social movement in modern Greek history. Its military wing, the Greek People's Liberation Army [Ελληνικός Λαϊκός Απελευθερωτικός Στρατός (ELAS)], quickly grew into the largest armed guerrilla force in the country, and the only one with nation-wide presence. At the same time, from late 1943 onwards, the political enmity between ΕΑΜ and rival resistance groups from the centre and right evolved into a virtual civil war, while its relationship with the British and the British-backed Greek government in exile was characterized by mutual mistrust, leading EAM to establish its own government, the Political Committee of National Liberation, in the areas it had liberated in spring 1944. Tensions were resolved provisionally in the Lebanon Conference in May 1944, when EAM agreed to enter the Greek government in exile under Georgios Papandreou. The organisation reached its peak after liberation in late 1944, when it controlled most of the country, before suffering a catastrophic military defeat against the British and the government forces in the Dekemvriana (Δεκεμβριανά) clashes. This marked the beginning of its gradual decline, the disarmament of ELAS, and the open persecution of its members during the "White Terror", leading eventually to the outbreak of the Greek Civil War.

Lyrics:
Τρία γράμματα μόνο φωτίζουν την ελληνική μας την γενιά
και μας δείχνουν φωτεινό τον δρόμο για να φέρουμε την λευτεριά

Είναι του αγώνα μας τα φώτα κι ο λαός ακολουθεί πιστά,
νέοι, γέροι, όλοι μαζί φωνάζουν: ζήτω, ζήτω, ζήτω το ΕΑΜ

Το ΕΑΜ μας έσωσε απ’ την πείνα θα μας σώσει και πάλι απ’ την σκλαβιά
κι έχει πρόγραμμα λαοκρατία˙ ζήτω ζήτω, ζήτω το ΕΑΜ

Έχει ενώσει όλο τον λαό μας, έχει την ΕΠΟΝ και τον ΕΛΑΣ,
κι έχει πρόγραμμα λαοκρατία˙ ζήτω ζήτω, ζήτω το ΕΑΜ