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On today's episode, we'll take a closer look at why the Battle of Athens was such a failure for EAM-ELAS despite seemingly having the advantage. Also, well have a small meet and greet with your friendly Communist village elder, Yiorgos Siantos. 

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Sources:

Red Acropolis, Black Terror- Andre Gerolymatos

Greece, 1941-1949: From Resistance to Civil War - Harris Vlavianos

Inside Hitler's Greece - Mark Mazower

Greece, The Decade at War, Occupation, Resistance & Civil War- David Brewer

The Withered Vine, The Communist Insurgency in Greece -Charles Shrader

Unearthed Documents - Iatridis

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On today's episode, we will take a look at what is known as the Battle of Athens. Buckle up. 

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Sources:

Red Acropolis, Black Terror- Andre Gerolymatos

Greece, 1941-1949: From Resistance to Civil War - Harris Vlavianos

Inside Hitler's Greece - Mark Mazower

Greece, The Decade at War, Occupation, Resistance & Civil War- David Brewer

The Withered Vine, The Communist Insurgency in Greece -Charles Shrader

A History of the Greek Resistance in the Second World War: The People's Armies-Spyros Tsoutsoumpis

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Please Support Dr. Tsoutsoumpis's new book, for now in Greek language only. 

EDES & ELAS: The Popular Armies of the Resistance:

https://www.epbooks.gr/shop/biblia-gia-enilikes/istoria-martyries/edes-kai-ellas-oi-laikoi-stratoi-tis-a/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExbjlUamNxUkZpbWtPZUFTR3NydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR7dH90Z-3XqAJ_2dg2CxfDg0QfQ9L-VlRuZ_Qcp4Ylof3ac9uJvHdHhWLdLGA_aem_txF7YnH4GeNKTm856HSI7w

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On today's episode, we'll take a look at the conflicting decisions that the KKE-EAM-ELAS had to decide on, the machinations and competing interests of the British, and how all these forces will collide to culminate in what is known as, Bloody Sunday. 

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Sources:

Red Acropolis, Black Terror- Andre Gerolymatos

Greece, 1941-1949: From Resistance to Civil War - Harris Vlavianos

Inside Hitler's Greece - Mark Mazower

Greece, The Decade at War, Occupation, Resistance & Civil War- David Brewer

The Withered Vine, The Communist Insurgency in Greece -Charles Shrader

A History of the Greek Resistance in the Second World War: The People's Armies-Spyros Tsoutsoumpis

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Please Support Dr. Tsoutsoumpis's new book, for now in Greek language only. 

EDES & ELAS: The Popular Armies of the Resistance:

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On today's episode, we'll take a look at a day that probably felt like (for many at that time) like it would never arrive: the Nazi withdrawal of Greece. We talk about not just the pure joy that seized the country, but also the absolute devastation and economic woes that this tiny nation had to deal with, in addition to the societal and political fractures just waiting to crack open another round of civil war. 

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Sources:

Red Acropolis, Black Terror- Andre Gerolymatos

Greece, 1941-1949: From Resistance to Civil War - Harris Vlavianos

Inside Hitler's Greece - Mark Mazower

Greece, The Decade at War, Occupation, Resistance & Civil War- David Brewer

The Withered Vine, The Communist Insurgency in Greece -Charles Shrader

A History of the Greek Resistance in the Second World War: The People's Armies-Spyros Tsoutsoumpis

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Please Support Dr. Tsoutsoumpis's new book, for now in Greek language only. 

EDES & ELAS: The Popular Armies of the Resistance:

https://www.epbooks.gr/shop/biblia-gia-enilikes/istoria-martyries/edes-kai-ellas-oi-laikoi-stratoi-tis-a/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExbjlUamNxUkZpbWtPZUFTR3NydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR7dH90Z-3XqAJ_2dg2CxfDg0QfQ9L-VlRuZ_Qcp4Ylof3ac9uJvHdHhWLdLGA_aem_txF7YnH4GeNKTm856HSI7w

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On today's episode, well take a stroll to the Greek Mountains of Thessaly for a drinking party, shoot over to Caserta Italy for negotiations on Government unity and demobilization talks, and see first hand just how influential Moscow can be to the KKE. 

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Sources:

Red Acropolis, Black Terror- Andre Gerolymatos

Greece, 1941-1949: From Resistance to Civil War - Harris Vlavianos

Inside Hitler's Greece - Mark Mazower

Greece, The Decade at War, Occupation, Resistance & Civil War- David Brewer

The Withered Vine, The Communist Insurgency in Greece -Charles Shrader

A History of the Greek Resistance in the Second World War: The People's Armies-Spyros Tsoutsoumpis

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Please Support Dr. Tsoutsoumpis's new book, for now in Greek language only. 

EDES & ELAS: The Popular Armies of the Resistance:

https://www.epbooks.gr/shop/biblia-gia-enilikes/istoria-martyries/edes-kai-ellas-oi-laikoi-stratoi-tis-a/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExbjlUamNxUkZpbWtPZUFTR3NydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR7dH90Z-3XqAJ_2dg2CxfDg0QfQ9L-VlRuZ_Qcp4Ylof3ac9uJvHdHhWLdLGA_aem_txF7YnH4GeNKTm856HSI7w

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On today's episode, well introduce ourselves to the Old Man of Democracy, George Papandreou Senior, re-visit the lovely men of the Security Battalions (SB's for short), and travel to Lebanon for a bit to take a look at the negotiations between EAM & Papandreou and the struggle to create anything that slightly resembles a unified government. 

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Sources:

Red Acropolis, Black Terror- Andre Gerolymatos

Greece, 1941-1949: From Resistance to Civil War - Harris Vlavianos

Inside Hitler's Greece - Mark Mazower

Greece, The Decade at War, Occupation, Resistance & Civil War- David Brewer

The Withered Vine, The Communist Insurgency in Greece -Charles Shrader

A History of the Greek Resistance in the Second World War: The People's Armies-Spyros Tsoutsoumpis

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Please Support Dr. Tsoutsoumpis's new book, for now in Greek language only. 

EDES & ELAS: The Popular Armies of the Resistance:

https://www.epbooks.gr/shop/biblia-gia-enilikes/istoria-martyries/edes-kai-ellas-oi-laikoi-stratoi-tis-a/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExbjlUamNxUkZpbWtPZUFTR3NydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR7dH90Z-3XqAJ_2dg2CxfDg0QfQ9L-VlRuZ_Qcp4Ylof3ac9uJvHdHhWLdLGA_aem_txF7YnH4GeNKTm856HSI7w

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Konstantino’s Article "Even Dead He Would Win": The Iran War and the Resurrection of the Joint Defence Area Doctrine"

https://substack.com/@polity21blog/note/p-194110218?r=4cspa7&utm_source=notes-share-action&utm_medium=web

Hey everyone! For today’s episode I was able to bring onto the pod Konstantinos Kolokotronis. Konstantinos is an independent journalist and researcher who focusses on geopolitics and contemporary power politics in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean. 

The discussion we had was on an article Konstantinos wrote titled "Even Dead He Would Win": The Iran War and the Resurrection of the Joint Defence Area Doctrine" which zooms in on the Joint Defense Area Doctrine. 

Aside from his article, we also covered a variety of topics, like international law, the realist view of international relations, Greek security concerns, treaties that outline the status of these islands (the Treaty of Laussane, the 1947 Paris Peace treaty, etc etc) Turkish aggression and expansionism in the Aegean, the limits of International law, in a world without a global police. 

Please check out Konstantinos’s work on substack.com/@polity21blog 

Thanks again, and please support the work of independent historians, researches, and journalists like the guests we have on this show.

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On today's episode, we'll zoom in on EAM'S next big move, the Government in the mountains (the PEEA), and what is known as the Middle East Mutiny. 

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Sources:

Red Acropolis, Black Terror- Andre Gerolymatos

Greece, 1941-1949: From Resistance to Civil War - Harris Vlavianos

Inside Hitler's Greece - Mark Mazower

Greece, The Decade at War, Occupation, Resistance & Civil War- David Brewer

The Withered Vine, The Communist Insurgency in Greece -Charles Shrader

A History of the Greek Resistance in the Second World War: The People's Armies-Spyros Tsoutsoumpis

Support the show

Please Support Dr. Tsoutsoumpis's new book, for now in Greek language only. 

EDES & ELAS: The Popular Armies of the Resistance:

https://www.epbooks.gr/shop/biblia-gia-enilikes/istoria-martyries/edes-kai-ellas-oi-laikoi-stratoi-tis-a/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExbjlUamNxUkZpbWtPZUFTR3NydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR7dH90Z-3XqAJ_2dg2CxfDg0QfQ9L-VlRuZ_Qcp4Ylof3ac9uJvHdHhWLdLGA_aem_txF7YnH4GeNKTm856HSI7w

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On today's episode, we'll zoom in on the hierarchical structure British intelligence/resistance operations inside of occupied Greece, take a look at the fallout from the ongoing inter-Ahndartiko conflict, and end the episode with the Plaka Agreement which ended the *first* round of the Greek Civil War....

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Sources:

Red Acropolis, Black Terror- Andre Gerolymatos

Greece, 1941-1949: From Resistance to Civil War - Harris Vlavianos

Inside Hitler's Greece - Mark Mazower

Greece, The Decade at War, Occupation, Resistance & Civil War- David Brewer

The Withered Vine, The Communist Insurgency in Greece -Charles Shrader

A History of the Greek Resistance in the Second World War: The People's Armies-Spyros Tsoutsoumpis

Support the show

Please Support Dr. Tsoutsoumpis's new book, for now in Greek language only. 

EDES & ELAS: The Popular Armies of the Resistance:

https://www.epbooks.gr/shop/biblia-gia-enilikes/istoria-martyries/edes-kai-ellas-oi-laikoi-stratoi-tis-a/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExbjlUamNxUkZpbWtPZUFTR3NydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR7dH90Z-3XqAJ_2dg2CxfDg0QfQ9L-VlRuZ_Qcp4Ylof3ac9uJvHdHhWLdLGA_aem_txF7YnH4GeNKTm856HSI7w

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On today's episode, we take a look at what is considered the start of the first round of the civil war. We'll zoom in on the actions of ELAS, EDES & the Germans, and will touch on a few smaller outfits as well. 

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Sources:

Red Acropolis, Black Terror- Andre Gerolymatos

Greece, 1941-1949: From Resistance to Civil War - Harris Vlavianos

Inside Hitler's Greece - Mark Mazower

Greece, The Decade at War, Occupation, Resistance & Civil War- David Brewer

The Withered Vine, The Communist Insurgency in Greece -Charles Shrader

A History of the Greek Resistance in the Second World War: The People's Armies-Spyros Tsoutsoumpis

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