EDES
| National Republican Greek League Εθνικός Δημοκρατικός Ελληνικός Σύνδεσμος Ethnikós Dimokratikós Ellinikós Sýndesmos | |
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Napoleon Zervas (2nd from left) with fellow EDES officers Fotios Zambaras (1st from left) | |
| Leaders | Napoleon Zervas Komninos Pyromaglou |
| Dates of operation | 1941–1944 |
| Active regions | Epirus Aetolia-Acarnania |
| Ideology | Greek nationalism Republicanism (until 1943) Venizelism (until 1943) Monarchism (after 1943) Anti-communism |
| Size | ca.12,000 (October 1944) |
| Allies | EKKA PAO PEAN EOK MAVI Organization Bouboulina Organization X SOE Greek government in exile |
| Opponents | Royal Italian Army Kingdom of Bulgaria Collaborationist government Security Battalions Këshilla Balli Kombëtar EAM/ELAS |
| Battles and wars | the Greek Resistance |
The National Republican Greek League (Greek: Εθνικός Δημοκρατικός Ελληνικός Σύνδεσμος (ΕΔΕΣ), Ethnikós Dimokratikós Ellinikós Sýndesmos (EDES)) was an anti-Nazi resistance group formed during the Axis occupation of Greece during World War II.
The largest of the non-communist resistance groups, its military wing, the National Groups of Greek Guerrillas (Εθνικές Ομάδες Ελλήνων Ανταρτών, Ethnikés Omádes Ellínon Antartón (ΕΟΕΑ)) concentrated its military activities in Epirus. From 1943 onwards, EDES came into confrontation with the communist-led National Liberation Front, beginning a series of civil conflicts that would lead to the Greek Civil War.