Greece/ Yugoslavia Flashcards
Level of resistance Greece
Fairly high
Resistance groups (2)
National Liberation Front
Greek People’s Liberation Army
Activities and operations Greece
Sabotage and guerrilla warfare eg supply lines and railway networks
Spell guerrilla
Guerrilla
Success of operations Greece (3)
Freed some parts of rural Greece
Disrupted Nazi operations in Greece successfully, and supplied vital intelligence
Fostered a spirit of resistance and national unity among Greeks
Downsides Greece
Ideological differences in resistance groups led to internal conflicts
Who led resistance Yugoslavia
Tito
Tito strengths
Ability to create unity within the resistance- consolidation of power after the war
Highly charismatic, programme attractive to the masses as the ideology offered a multi-ethnic state
Walter Liqueur
When Partisan warfare was most necessary the partisans were at their weakest
When Partisan warfare was most necessary the partisans were at their weakes
Walter Liqueur
Who were Yugoslavian partisans opposing?
Chetnik movement
Successes of Yugoslavian partisan movement (3)
Freed large amounts of Yugoslavia from occupiers
Some senior Chetniks crossed over to Tito’s side
300,000 fighters by 1943
Stopped Nazi advances and increased mobilisation
Women’s Anti Fascist front
100,000 members
Social emancipation of women
Why did the Yugoslavian partisan movement have so many recruits?
Persecution of Croats and Serbians meant lots of recruitments
Tactics
Military organisations behind the front lines- supported partisan activity such as field hospitals
