- Organization for the Protection of the People's Fighters
The Organization for the Protection of the People's Fighters ( _el. "Οργάνωση Προστασίας Λαϊκών Αγωνιστών", abbreviated "ΟΠΛΑ" - OPLA) was an
urban guerrilla organization of theCommunist Party of Greece (KKE) during the last phase of theAxis Occupation of Greece duringWorld War II . It operated in the cities, and its purpose was ostensibly the "self-defense" of the members of the National Liberation Front (EAM) and its affiliated organizations from the German occupation authorities and the collaborationist government, the Police and theSecurity Battalions . However, it also became involved in political assassinations of political opponents of the KKE on both ends of the political spectrum, such as Trotskyites and Archive-Marxists. As a result, the activities of the OPLA are a subject of heated debate even today.The organization was active during the December of 1944 events in
Athens , and during the subsequentGreek Civil War , especially inThessaloniki in 1946-1947. One of its more notable later actions was the assassination of Justice Minister Christos Ladas in Athens on1 May 1948 , by OPLA and KKE member Efstratios Koutsogiannis.External links
* [http://panosz.wordpress.com/2007/10/10/opla/ Urban guerrilla in Thessaloniki]
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