21. ELAS: the People's Liberation Army

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. List of Illustrations IX
4. Introduction XIII
5. Acknowledgements XX
6. Abbreviations and Foreign Terms XXIII
7. Prologue: Swastika over the Acropolis 1
8. PART I: The Chaos of the New Order: 1941-43
9. 1. Venizelos's Funeral 9
10. 2. The Occupation Begins 15
11. 3. The Famine 23
12. 4. Black Market Axioms 53
13. 5. 'An Atmosphere of Imminent Catastrophe' 65
14. 6. Greek Workers in the Reich 73
15. 7. Dreams of a New Europe 79
16. PART II: 'This Heroic Madness': 1941-43
17. 8. The Resistance of Daily Life 83
18. 9. Prudence or Bravery? The Old Politicians 97
19. 10. Becoming Organised 103
20. 11. Urban Protest 108
21. 12. 'Freedom or Death!' 123
22. 13. Politics of the Andartiko 138
23. 14. The End of Italian Rule 144
24. PART III: The Logic of Violence and Terror: 1943-44
25. 15. The Logic of Violence 153
26. 16. Anatomy of a Massacre: 16 August 1943 190
27. 17. 'The Loveliest Time': the Behaviour and Values of the German Soldier 201
28. 18. The SS and the Terror System 219
29. 19. Greek Jewry and the Final Solution 235
30. PART IV: A Society at War: 1943-44
31. 20. People's Democracy in Free Greece 263
32. 21. ELAS: the People's Liberation Army 297
33. 22. 'A Cemetery Awash in Blood': the Counter-Revolution 322
34. 23. 'Tired Out by History': Athens '44 340
35. Epilogue: 'No Peace without Victory' 355
36. Notes 378
37. Archival Sources 415
38. Note on Sources 423
39. Index 429