ELAS

See also: elas, elás, and -elas

English

Proper noun

ELAS

1. (politics) ΕΛΑΣ (Ελληνικός Λαϊκός Απελευθερωτικός Στρατός), the Greek People's Liberation Army, the military arm of the left-wing National Liberation Front (ΕΑΜ) during the period of the Greek Resistance until February 1945.
   • 1994, Louis de Bernières, Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Minerva, published 1995, page 190:

     Roumeli belonged to ELAS, and the commander who first took him into his particular band was proudly and overtly Communist.

   • 2019, Roderick Beaton, Greece: Biography of a Modern Country, Penguin, published 2020, page 285:

     Looting and street fighting between armed gangs loyal to the Rallis government and to ELAS became daily occurrences in the city.

Further reading

• Ελληνικός Λαϊκός Απελευθερωτικός Στρατός on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el
• Greek People's Liberation Army on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• ASLE, Ales, Elsa, LAEs, LEAs, SEAL, Sale, Salé, Seal, Sela, aels, ales, lase, leas, sale, seal, sela