Liberated Greece

Liberated Greece

At the latest stage of the German occupation 1941-1944, a greatest part of the Greek territory, except of the main cities and roads was under the control of the resistance. This area used to be called "Liberated Greece". It was not a continuous territory. It mainly covered the mountainous backbone of "Pindos" but also some parts of Peloponnese and islands like Crete or Samos. The word "Liberated" does not mean that they were permanently free from the German army. It only means that Germans had to organize real military expeditions to cover some of these areas for two or three days and then they had to withdraw under the pressure of the guerrillas. There were real bases of the partisan army and some kind of state authority which took its final form after the establishment of Political Committee of National Liberation (PEEA) on March 10, 1944.


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