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Ioannis Pitsikas
Ioannis Pitsikas ( el, Ιωάννης Πιτσίκας, 1881–1975) was a Greek Army lieutenant general active in World War II, who served as Mayor of Athens and twice in cabinet posts in interim governments post-war. Biography Pitsikas was born in 1881 in the village of Kallithea in Spercheiada. He became a career officer in the Greek Army after studies in the Hellenic Army Academy, and fought in the Balkan Wars and the Asia Minor Campaign. Trained as a staff officer in the 1920s, he served as CO of the 6th Infantry Division until 1935, and then, promoted to Lieutenant General, as CO of I Army Corps until 1940. With the outbreak of the Greco-Italian War, he assumed command of the Western Macedonia Army Section (Τμήμα Στρατιάς Δυτικής Μακεδονίας) on the Albanian front and later of the Epirus Army Section (Τμήμα Στρατιάς Ηπείρου), which he led until the Greek Army's capitulation during the German invasion of Greece. In July 1943 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GENERALS -DACHAU-1944
A general officer is an officer of high rank in the armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry. In some usages the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colonel."general, adj. and n.". OED Online. March 2021. Oxford University Press. https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/77489?rskey=dCKrg4&result=1 (accessed May 11, 2021) The term ''general'' is used in two ways: as the generic title for all grades of general officer and as a specific rank. It originates in the 16th century, as a shortening of ''captain general'', which rank was taken from Middle French ''capitaine général''. The adjective ''general'' had been affixed to officer designations since the late medieval period to indicate relative superiority or an extended jurisdiction. Today, the title of ''general'' is known in some countries as a four-star rank. However, different countries use different systems of stars or other insignia for senior ranks. It has a NATO rank sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epirus Army Section
The Epirus Army Section ( el, Τμήμα Στρατιάς Ηπείρου, ΤΣΗ; ''Tmima Stratias Ipeirou'', ''TSI'') was a field army of the Hellenic Army active between 14 February and 20 April 1941 during the Greco-Italian War and the Battle of Greece. Establishment and operations, February–March The Epirus Army Section was established on 14 February 1941, with the I Army Corps (Greece), I Army Corps and II Army Corps (Greece), II Army Corps fighting on the western and central sections of the Albanian front. Until that point, the two corps had been under the direct control of the General Field Headquarters at Ioannina, led by the Greek commander-in-chief Lt. General Alexandros Papagos. However, the increasing possibility of a German attack through Bulgaria necessitated the relocation of GHQ back to Athens and the establishment of a new higher command. The first commander of the Epirus Army Section was Lt. General Markos Drakos (general), Markos Drakos, who until then had com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makedonia (newspaper)
''Makedonia'' (Macedonia, Greek: ''Μακεδονία'') is a Greek daily newspaper published in Thessaloniki. Being one of the oldest newspapers in Greece, it was first published in 1911 by Konstantinos Vellidis. The present owner is the company ''Makedoniki Ekdotiki Ektipotiki AE''. Currently, director of the newspaper is Dimitrios Gousidis, the 7th in the last 12 years. Previous directors were Lazaros Chatzinakos, Ioannis Kotofolos, Traianos Chatzidimitriou, Loukas Katsonis, Pantelis Savvidis and Kostas Zouraris Konstantinos (Kostas) Zouraris ( el, Κωνσταντίνος (Κώστας) Ζουράρις; born 1940 in Thessaloniki) is a Greek, from Greece's Macedonia region, political scientist and writer.Hellenic Ministry of Culture National Book Centerbi .... External linksOfficial website References Newspapers published in Thessaloniki Greek-language newspapers Publications established in 1911 Modern history of Thessaloniki 1911 establishments in the Ottoman Em ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Cemetery Of Athens
The First Cemetery of Athens ( el, Πρώτο Νεκροταφείο Αθηνών, ''Próto Nekrotafeío Athinón'') is the official cemetery of the City of Athens and the first to be built. It opened in 1837 and soon became a prestigious cemetery for Greeks and foreigners. The cemetery is located behind the Temple of Olympian Zeus and the Panathinaiko Stadium in central Athens. It can be found at the top end of Anapafseos Street (Eternal Rest Street). It is a large green space with pines and cypresses. In the cemetery there are three churches. The main one is the Church of Saint Theodores and there is also a smaller one dedicated to Saint Lazarus. The third church of Saint Charles is a Catholic church. The cemetery includes several impressive tombs such as those of Heinrich Schliemann, designed by Ernst Ziller; Ioannis Pesmazoglou; Georgios Averoff; and one tomb with a famous sculpture of a dead young girl called ''I Koimomeni'' ("The Sleeping Girl") and sculpted by Yannoul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of George I
The Royal Order of George I ( el, Βασιλικόν Τάγμα Γεωργίου Α') is a Greek order instituted by King Constantine I in 1915. Since the monarchy's abolition in 1973, it has been considered a dynastic order of the former Greek royal family. History The order was founded in 1915 by King Constantine I in honor of his father, George I. It was only the second Greek order to be created after the Order of the Redeemer in 1833, and remained the second senior award of the Greek state for the duration of its existence. The order was closely associated with the Greek monarchy, and was hence abolished with the establishment of the Second Hellenic Republic in 1924, to be replaced with the Order of the Phoenix. The order was restored along with the monarchy in 1935, and continued to be awarded until the final abolition of the monarchy in 1973. It was replaced by the Third Hellenic Republic in 1975 by the Order of Honour. Grades The Order has five classes: *Grand Cross - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konstantinos Dovas
Konstantinos Dovas ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Δόβας; 20 December 1898 – 1973) was a Greek general and interim Prime Minister. Dovas was born in Konitsa, in the Janina Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire (present-day northwestern Greece). In 1918, Dovas graduated from the Hellenic Military Academy. During the Greek Civil War between the government and the communist Democratic Army of Greece, he led the resistance of the Konitsa garrison during the Battle of Konitsa. Subsequently he rose from the rank of Lieutenant General (1954) to Chief of the Hellenic National Defense General Staff. During his term of office, on 25 March 1955 an agreement between the Army and the CIA on the establishment of a special force entitled "Sheepskin" was made, which subsequently became the Greek component of Gladio, a secret organisation of NATO, CIA and MI6. After his retirement from the army, he was Chief of the Royal Household of King Paul of Greece Paul ( el, Παύλος, ''Pávlos'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minister For Northern Greece
The Deputy Minister for Macedonia and Thrace ( el, Υφυπουργός Μακεδονίας και Θράκης) is the government minister in charge of Greece's Sub-Ministry of Macedonia and Thrace, part of the Ministry of the Interior. The department originated in the old Ministry of Northern Greece The Ministry of Macedonia and Thrace ( el, Υπουργείο Μακεδονίας και Θράκης, ΥΜΑΘ) is a former ministry (government department), ministry of Greece. Responsible for the geographic regions of Greece, regions of Mace ..., which was renamed the Ministry of Macedonia and Thrace on 19 August 1988. The ministry was abolished on 7 October 2009 and downgraded to a general secretariat within the Ministry of the Interior, but was re-established on 21 June 2012. On 27 January 2015, it was again demoted to a sub-ministry within the Ministry of the Interior. Ministers for Northern Greece (1974–1988) Ministers for Macedonia and Thrace (1988–2009) Mini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caretaker Government
A caretaker government is a temporary ''ad hoc'' government that performs some governmental duties and functions in a country until a regular government is elected or formed. Depending on specific practice, it usually consists of either randomly selected or approved members of parliament or outgoing members until their dismissal. Caretaker governments in representative democracies are usually limited in their function, serving only to maintain the '' status quo'', rather than truly govern and propose new legislation. Unlike the government it is meant to temporarily replace, a caretaker government does not have a legitimate mandate (electoral approval) to exercise aforementioned functions. Definition Caretaker governments may be put in place when a government in a parliamentary system is defeated in a motion of no confidence, or in the case when the house to which the government is responsible is dissolved, to be in place for an interim period until an election is held and a new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dimitrios Kiousopoulos
Dimitrios Kiousopoulos ( el, Δημήτριος Κιουσόπουλος) was an important Greek jurist, politician, and the caretaker Prime Minister of Greece in 1952. He was born on November 17, 1892 in the town of Andritsaina, Elis, Peloponnese. He began a successful legal career in 1917. Following World War II, he was a Public Prosecutor heavily involved in the expulsion of Chams (Muslims of Albanian descent, many of whom had been enthusiastic collaborators with occupying Axis powers) from northern Greece, sentencing 178 to death, 370 to life imprisonment, and about 1,950 to death ''in absentia''.Konstantinos Tsitseliki. 2011. ''Old and New Islam in Greece: From Historical Minorities to Immigrant Newcomers'', p. 85. He became Prosecutor for the Supreme Court (Areios Pagos) from 1950 to 1961. When Nikolaos Plastiras was voted out of office, Kiousopoulos became the caretaker Prime Minister of Greece for 39 days, from 11 October to 19 November 1952 when General Alexander Papagos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minister Of National Defence (Greece)
The Minister for National Defence of Greece ( el, Υπουργός Εθνικής Άμυνας) is a government minister responsible for the running of the Ministry of National Defence (Greece), Ministry of National Defence. The current minister is Nikos Panagiotopoulos in the Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis. Ministers for National Defence since 1996 External linksHellenic Ministry of National Defence - Official Website {{Greek Military Lists of government ministers of Greece Ministers of National Defence of Greece, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aristeidis Skliros
Aristides (530–468 BCE) was an Athenian soldier and statesman who fought in the Battle of Marathon. Aristides, also transliterated as Aristeides or Aristeidis ( el, Ἀριστείδης), may refer also to: People *Aristides of Thebes (4th century BCE), painter * Aristeides (sculptor), (4th century BCE), sculptor *Aristides of Miletus (2nd century BCE), writer of salacious tales *Aelius Aristides (117–181), orator and rhetorician *Aristides of Athens (2nd century), Christian writer and saint *Aristides Quintilianus (3rd century), author of a musical treatise *Aristeidis Moraitinis (1806–1885), Greek politician * Arístides Villanueva, Argentine politician and merchant and governor of Mendoza Province (in office 1870–1873) *Arístides Maragliano, Puerto Rico jurist (in office 1898–1899) *Arístides Martínez (1847–1908), Chilean general *Aristides Brezina (1848–1909), Austrian mineralogist *Aristeidis Stergiadis (1861–1949), Greek politician, High Commissioner o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dachau Concentration Camp
, , commandant = List of commandants , known for = , location = Upper Bavaria, Southern Germany , built by = Germany , operated by = ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS) , original use = Political prison , construction = , in operation = March 1933 – April 1945 , gas chambers = , prisoner type = Political prisoners, Poles, Romani, Jews, homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses, Catholic priests, Communists , inmates = Over 188,000 (estimated) , killed = 41,500 (per Dachau website) , liberated by = U.S. Army , notable inmates = , notable books = , website = Dachau () was the first concentration camp built by Nazi Germany, opening on 22 March 1933. The camp was initially intended to intern Hitler's political opponents which consisted of: communists, social democrats, and other dissidents. It is located on the grounds of an abandoned munitions factory northeast of the medieval town of Dachau, about northwest o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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