Panhellenic Union of Fighting Youths

Panhellenic Union of Fighting Youths
Πανελλήνιος Ένωσις Αγωνιζόμενων Νέων
Panellínios Énosis Agonizómenon Néon
LeadersKostas Perrikos
Panagiotis Kanellopoulos
Dates of operation1941–1944
Active regionsAthens
IdeologyGreek nationalism
Republicanism
Venizelism
Liberalism
Social democracy
Anti-communism
Anti-fascism
AlliesEDES
EKKA
RAN
SOE
Greek government in exile
OpponentsRoyal Italian Army
German Army
Kingdom of Bulgaria
Collaborationist government
Security Battalions
EAM/ELAS

The Panhellenic Union of Fighting Youths (Greek: Πανελλήνιος Ένωσις Αγωνιζόμενων Νέων, Panellínios Énosis Agonizómenon Néon, ΠΕΑΝ, PEAN) was an anti-Nazi and anti-fascist movement that took part in the Greek resistance during the Axis Occupation of Greece in the Second World War. The organization was concentrated in the areas of Athens and Piraeus, and although it never expanded to become a wider movement, it was one of the most active of the multitude of urban resistance groups that sprung up during the Occupation, and one of the first to carry out active resistance, in the form of bombings.


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