That the Cyprus match in 1974 was not supported is universally known. The responsibilities that existed, both for the then military leadership and for the later civilian government, were never attributed to those who should. Of all those who participated directly or indirectly in the most recent cal
In 1867, in the small and poor village of Chalkiopoulos in Etoloakarnania, a boy from a large family saw the light of day for the first time. This boy was named Vlasius and he was to give his name – his surname to be exact – to a hill in the depths of Asia Minor several years later. He entered t
The Greek Army followed the footsteps of its European counterparts regarding its armament. From smoothbore muskets, it was equipped with front-loading rifled rifles and finally, in 1868, the first breech-loading rifles. The first breech-loading rifle in service with the Greek Army was the French
Mercurios Boas was the son of Theodoros Boas, an official at the court of the Despots of Mystras. He came from a great Byzantine military family from Angelokastro. His year of birth is not known. Mercury Boas is indeed a special case. You are rightly considered the leader of the famous Soldiers.
Pavlos Kouroupis was born in 1929 in Dentra, Messinia. He was a child of a rural, large family. His dream was to become an officer. He did it in 1952, graduating from the Evelpidon School. Very studious, he continued his studies and graduated from the School of Law of the Aristotle University. H
Belatedly, as unfortunately we recently discovered it, we have seen the completion by the Naval History Service (NAS) of an effort that makes available to every internet user the history of the Branch as it is recorded through its tens of thousands of pages Nautical Inspection. Specifically, on t
In 1901 the tensions in Greek society were not small. 4 years ago the great idea, the longing for the liberation of the lost homelands, had been affected by the total defeat of 1897. Similar longings for the Macedonian land were not only held by the Greeks, but also by the Bulgarians and the Slavs,
Colonel Georgios Grivas was one of the important figures of modern Hellenism. A Cypriot by birth, he joined the ranks of the Greek Army and fought both in Asia Minor and Northern Epirus in 1940-41. After the collapse of the northern continental front, he returned to Athens and, not accepting def
On March 30, 1870, a group of foreign tourists, among them the British Lord Mancaster and his wife, the secretaries of the British and Italian embassies and their companions were kidnapped by a gang of Arvanitaki robbers. The robbers demanded a £25,000 ransom and amnesty to free their prisoners.
The circumstances of Alexander the Greats death still challenge the imagination of many scientists. New Zealand researcher Kathryn Hall of the Dunedin Medical School formulated another theory about the mysterious illness that led to the death of the soldier, who, according to her, was buried alive.
Othons dethronement (October 10, 1862) marked the beginning of a new chaotic situation for the country. The enthronement of the new King George, a year later, temporarily quelled the passions and brought relative normalcy. This was also helped by the concession to Greece of the Ionian Islands. Re
The hoplite phalanx was not a simple standard deep battle formation like its predecessors. The formation and the battle system introduced with it (according to tradition) by Argios Pheidon constituted an unprecedented military revolution, which was to determine the fate of Hellenism some two centuri
The Greeks throughout their history have proven to be brilliant warriors. Not only could the Mycenaean ancestors not be an exception, but they were the ones who set the heroic ideal that nurtured so many generations of Greeks. Alexander, Makrygiannis, Kolokotronis and so many other leading figur
At the end of the 6th century BC. the East was under the scepter of the Great King of the Persians. The Persian Empire was the creation of a truly great man, Cyrus, who went from being a vassal king to the Medes to become the emperor of the East. The Persians and the Medes were, despite their ide
I had the luck and pleasure of meeting Themis Marino at the offices of the Society for the Study of Greek History (WE), when we were both members of its board of directors, and later I met him at various events. I was impressed by his modesty, and he was always willing to answer my questions on hist
The year 1571 was the turning point for the Ottoman Empire and by extension for Hellenism. For the first time, since 1453, the Turks suffered a terrifying military defeat, outside the Echinacea islands, in the so-called naval battle of Nafpaktos. The defeat of the Turks filled the Greeks with ho
After the death of Suleiman the Magnificent, the new Sultan Selim II, immediately after ascending to the throne, decided to campaign against the Venetian-occupied Cyprus. On July 1, 1570, the Turkish armada rushed to the bay of Paphos and the next day the Turkish troops landed in Limassol, without e
After the destruction of the Vandals by Belisarius, the new province of the Byzantine Empire, in todays Libya, Tunisia and Algeria, did not rest. The Moorish descendants of the ancient Numidians, rebelled against the empire. With Belisarius and the flower of the Byzantine Army in Italy, the administ
The name Holy Mountain is associated with Greece. Famous was the eponymous unit of the elite Thebans or later the men of Al. Ypsilanti. However, Holy Leagues were also extended by other states, the first being that of Carthage. The Carthaginian Holy Lochos was established in the 4th century BC. a
After the great victory of the Greek Army at Eski Sehir, the 2nd Army Corps (2nd SS) was ordered to advance towards Seidi Gazi. So the 2nd SS ordered, in turn, the XIII Infantry Division (MP) and the Plastira Detachment to pursue the Turks. Information from the XIII MP stated that the Turks held
The public education system in the Greek state of the 19th century. was founded during the time of the Othonian monarchy with a series of regency decrees (1833-1837). It was applied without serious structural changes for about a century. Essentially, it was a complete transplant of the Bavarian mode
The battle on Mount Vesuvius was the first major conflict of the so-called Third Slave War. It was also the first clash of Spartacus rebels with regular Roman troops in which the brilliant Thrax showed his strategic genius. Spartacus, according to Plutarch, was a Thrax descended from the race of the
From the royal government to the imperial government, Rome produced a wide variety of people. It can be said that Rome produced human resources in all fields such as politics, literature, history, geography, and natural sciences. These achievements can be said to be the result of Roman security
The triremes They were warships that first appeared in Ionia and became the dominant warship in the Mediterranean Sea from the late 6th century BC. until the fourth century BC. C., and later, due to its effectiveness, under the Roman Empire until the fourth century. These ships were responsible for