ABBREVIATIONS

ABBREVIATIONS

UNSCB

AFZH

Andartes

BURANDARS

GSH

DAG

EAM

EDA

EDES

ELAS

EPON

IVE

United Nations Special Committee On the Balkans

Women’s Anti-Fascist Front

Greek mercenary fighters who fought during the Ottoman occupation to conquer Macedonia and join it with Greece. Most were from Greece proper and from Crete. They were operating in Macedonia (Kostur, Lerin, Bitola, Resen and Mariovo Regions). The name “Andartes” was used by the Greek government to describe the ELAS fighters during the Greek Civil War.

Armed Greek government soldiers

General Headquarters

Democratic Army of Greece – active during the Greek Civil War 1946-1949, led by the Communist Party of Greece

(Greek) National Liberation Front

Greek Democratic Left

National Democratic Alliance of Greece - the Greek Army which cooperated with the Germans, as well as with the English

National Liberation Army of Greece

Greek National Youth Organization (pro-communist)

Defenders of Northern Greece 1941-1942 cooperated with the Germans

PG Agricultural Party of Greece

IB Informburo

EPPE Central Committee for Political Refugees from Greece

EMPEDA Military Training Center

KZ Criminal Law

KOEM Communist organization of Macedonians from Aegean (Greek Occupied) Macedonia

CPG Communist Party of Greece

CPY Communist Party of Yugoslavia

CPM Communist Party of Macedonia

LOK Mountain hunting military unit - part of the Greek government army

NOV (Macedonian) People’s Liberation Army

NOD (Macedonian) People’s Liberation Movement

NOMS (Macedonian) National Liberation Youth Union

NOF (Macedonian) People’s Liberation Front

MAI Greek Self Defense Units on the ground (armed organized civilians who fought against DAG when needed)

UNO United Nations Organization

PAO Greek Liberation Organization 1942 - 1944, cooperated with occupier against the liberation movement in Greece

PB Politburo

PDVG Provisional Democratic Government of Greece established in 1947 at Gramos, (more precisely in Asamati on December 23, 1947)

PEEA Political Liberation Committee

PZ Compulsory Law

SNOF Slavo-Macedonian National Liberation Front

UDBA State Security Administration

CC Central Committee

CS Central Council