Organization X

Organization X
Οργάνωσις Χ
LeadersGeorgios Grivas
Dates of operation1941 – 22 January 1949[1]
IdeologyGreek nationalism
Royalism
Anti-communism
Right-wing populism
Political positionRight-wing[2][3]
Size200,000 (1946)
Part ofPanhellenic Liberation Coalition (PAS)
Allies Greek government-in-exile
EDES
Hellenic Gendarmerie
Cities Police
British Army
Security Battalions (since late 1944)[4]
OpponentsEAM
ELAS
Communist Party of Greece
Axis occupation forces of Greece
Battles and warsGreek Civil War
Dekemvriana

The Organization X (Greek: Οργάνωσις Χ; commonly referred to simply as X ("Chi" in Greek), and members as Chites (Χίτες)) was a paramilitary right-wing anti-communist royalist organization set up in 1941 during the Axis occupation of Greece.[2][3]

Initially an anti-Axis resistance organization, it gradually shifted its focus towards anti-communism.[5] In 1951, X was officially recognized as a National Organization of Internal Resistance by the Greek Ministry of National Defense.[6]

Following the end of the Axis occupation, it played an active role in the persecution of communists during the White Terror and various military operations of the Greek Civil War, most notably the Dekemvriana.

  1. ^ Machlouzaridēs, Panagiōtēs S. (1985). Kypros, 1940-1960 : hemerologio ton exelixeon (in Greek). p. 169. Στις 22.1.1949 διατάχθηκε η διάλυση της οργάνωσης Χ.
  2. ^ a b Marks, Thomas A.; Bateman, Kirklin J. (2020). Perspectives on the American Way of War: The U.S. Experience in Irregular Conflict. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-000-71304-6. ...the right wing and staunchly royalist 'X' organization
  3. ^ a b Cook, Bernard A. (2014). Europe Since 1945: An Encyclopedia. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-17939-7. ...the paramilitary right-wing Organization X
  4. ^ Dimitris Kousouris, pp. 100-101
  5. ^ Zaousēs, Alexandros L. (1992). Η τραγική αναμέτρηση: 1945-1949 : ο μύθος και η αλήθεια (in Greek). Εκδ. Ωκεανίδα. p. 103. ISBN 978-960-7213-42-6. Προοδευτικά μετεβλήθη σε καθαρώς αντικομμουνιστική οργάνωση με δράση στην Αθήνα...
  6. ^ Tsirkinidēs, Charēs (1999). Agōnes chōris dikaiōsē--: hē tragōdia tou Hellēnismou tēs Kyprou kai tēs Kōnstantinoupolēs mesa apo ta Gallika archeia (in Greek). Ekdoseis Erōdios. p. 72. ISBN 978-960-7942-02-9. Το 1951, το υπουργείο Στρατιωτικών ανακήρυξε την οργάνωση « Χ » αντιστασιακή κατά των Γερμανών.

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