National Union of Greece
The National Union of Greece was a far-right political party established in Thessaloniki, Greece, in 1927.
Registered as a mutual aid society, the EEE was founded by Asia Minor refugee businesspeople. According to the organisation's constitution, only Christians could join. Its members were in political and, especially, commercial antagonism with Thessaloniki's substantial Jewish population.
It was eventually led by Georgios Kosmidis who claimed to be a Venizelist and so did his party even though it was opposed to most Venizelist principles.
Owing to its military uniforms and organisation, the party was commonly referred to as "The Three Epsilons" or "The Steelhelmets", in allusion to the German paramilitary Der Stahlhelm, Bund der Frontsoldaten.
The EEE was dissolved upon the establishment of the Metaxas Regime in 1936, but was revived in 1941 by Georgios Poulos with German support after the fall
of Thessaloniki. Shortly after, Poulos renamed the party to "Εθνική Σοσιαλιστική Ένωση Ελλάδος
".