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2 unusual facts about Ekka


Ekka

The Ekka is organised by the Royal National Agricultural and Industrial Association of Queensland (RNA), and is held at the RNA Showgrounds in the inner-city suburb of Bowen Hills approximately two kilometres north-east of Brisbane's city centre.

EKKA

National and Social Liberation (Ethniki Kai Koinoniki Apeleftherosis), the Greek Resistance movement founded by Colonel Dimitrios Psarros.


Georgios Kartalis

EKKA became the third major resistance group after the communist-led Greek People's Liberation Army (ELAS) and the republican National Republican Greek League (EDES), with its own armed force, named after the famed 5/42 Evzone Regiment, being established on 20 April 1943.

National and Social Liberation

EKKA's armed wing was the 5/42 Evzone Regiment, founded in early 1943 and named after Psarros' old unit.


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