Panhellenic Union of Epistratoi Πανελλήνια Ένωση Επιστράτων | |
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Leaders | Ioannis Metaxas Ioannis Sagias Konstantinos Hößlin |
Dates of operation | 1916–1920 |
Country | Kingdom of Greece |
Ideology | Greek nationalism Monarchism Antivenizelism Germanophilia |
Size | up to 20,000 |
Opponents | Triple Entente Venizelists |
Battles and wars | World War I |
The Epistratoi (Greek: Επίστρατοι, "Reservists") were a royalist paramilitary organization in Greece during World War I, in the context of the National Schism. They played a major role in the Noemvriana of 1916.
They are considered the first mass political organization in the country, monarchist, directed against the liberal bourgeoisie and foreign intervention.[1]