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Strategos, plural strategoi, Latinized strategus, (Greek: στρατηγός, pl. στρατηγοί; Doric Greek: στραταγός, stratagos; meaning 'army leader') is used in Greek to mean military general. In the Hellenistic world and the Eastern Roman Empire the term was also used to describe
Although the first regular army units were raised as early as 1821–1822, on the outbreak of the Greek War of Independence, the first rudimentary general staff organization, in the form of the General Staff Officers Corps (Σώμα Γενικών Επιτελών), was created only in 1833, after the establishment of the independent Kingdom of Greece.
Xenophon Stratigos (Greek: Ξενοφών Στρατηγός; 7 July 1869 – 11 March 1927) was a Greek military officer.He played a major role in the Balkan Wars of 1912–13 and the Asia Minor Campaign of the Greco-Turkish War in 1921–22, serving also as de facto Chief of the Hellenic Army General Staff in 1916–17 and in 1921.
Military Secretaries and Translators Corps Σώμα Στρατιωτικών Γραμματέων - Διερμηνέων ...
The Hellenic Army traces its origin to the regular units established by the Greek provisional government during the Greek War of Independence (1821–1829). The first of these, an infantry regiment and a small artillery battery , were established in April 1822, and were commanded by European Philhellenes (such as Joseph Balestra and others).
The ETA, the Greek army's tier-one special-operations unit, earned top marks from NATO's Special Operations Forces Headquarters in December.
88th Military Command (88 ΣΔΙ), based at Myrina, Lemnos 95th National Guard Higher Command (95 ΑΔΤΕ), based at Rhodes , Dodecanese 96th National Guard Higher Command (96 ΑΔΤΕ), based at Chios
On the cover of the December 16, 1940 issue of Life magazine there was a picture of a member of the Greek Evzone army unit standing at attention in front of the Temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens ...