People from Evrytania - Georgios Kondylis, Antonis Katsantonis, Charalambos Katsimitros, Georgios Kafantaris (Paperback)

Chapters: Georgios Kondylis, Antonis Katsantonis, Charalambos Katsimitros, Georgios Kafantaris. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 18. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Georgios Kondylis (Greek:, 1878February 1, 1936) was a general of the Greek army and Prime Minister of Greece. He was nicknamed Keravnos, Greek for "Thunder" or "Thunderbolt." Kondylis was born in Proussos. He enlisted in the army as a volunteer in 1896, and fought with the Greek expeditionary corps in Crete. He was later commissioned and participated in the Macedonian Struggle (19041908) leading his own guerrilla band, and was promoted to Captain during the Balkan Wars (19121913). He supported the Movement of National Defence of Eleftherios Venizelos during the First World War, rising to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. A firm Venizelist, he opposed the restoration of King Constantine I in 1920, fleeing to Constantinople together with other Venizelist officers and organizing there the "Democratic Defence" ( ). He returned after the 1922 Revolution as a Major General, suppressed the royalist revolt of 1923, retired from the army, and became involved in politics. He was elected to Parliament, and founded the National Democratic Party. He was war minister from March to June 1924. On August 24, 1926, he overthrew the dictatorship of Theodoros Pangalos in a bloodless coup and formed a government, proclaiming elections for November. Notably, his party did not participate in these. In the elections of August 1928, his party elected nine MPs, with himself being elected in Kavala. In 1932 he became war minister again in the Populist government, and from this post he was instrumental in crushing the March 1935 Venizelist revolt. When, on October 10, 1935, the chiefs of the Armed Forces overthrew the government of Panagis Tsald...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=3255875