Nikostratos Kalomenopoulos
Nikostratos Kalomenopoulos (Greek: Νικόστρατος Καλομενόπουλος) was a Greek revolutionary and Army officer who reached the rank of major general. He is also known by his Nome de guerre Kapetan Nidas.
Major General Nikostratos Kalomenopoulos | |
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 Kalomenopoulos during the Macedonian Struggle. | |
| Nickname(s) | Kapetan Nidas |
| Born | 1865 Syros, Greece |
| Died | 1952 Athens, Greece |
| Allegiance |  Kingdom of Greece |
| Service/ | Hellenic Army HMC |
| Years of service | 1891-1921 |
| Rank |  Major General |
| Commands held | Lesbos Infantry Regiment (1914-1916) 3rd Serres Regiment (1917) 8th Infantry Division (1918-1919) Commander of Smyrna Occupation (1919) Military Governor of Athens (1920-1921) |
| Battles/wars | Cretan Revolt (1896) Greco-Turkish War (1897) Macedonian Struggle Balkan Wars World War I Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922) |
He was born at Syros in 1865.[1] After studies in the NCO School, he was commissioned an infantry second lieutenant in 1891.[1] In 1892, he went in disguise to Crete, then still under Ottoman rule, and secretly mapped the island, but was discovered, arrested, and expelled.[1] In 1896, he joined the Cretan uprising against the Ottomans and was elected as head of the Amari Province.[1] In 1897, he joined the Greek expeditionary force to the island under Colonel Timoleon Vassos.[1]
In 1905, following the death of Pavlos Melas, he rushed to join the Macedonian Struggle. In Macedonia, he adopted the Nome de guerre Kapetan Nidas and became a chieftain of an armed band that operated around Florina. On April 15th, 1905, he and his band were surrounded by a force of 200 Ottoman troops. Following the battle that ensued, several Makedonomachoi were killed or wounded while Kalomenopoulos was captured by the Ottoman authorities and condemned to five years imprisonment at Monastir, but managed to escape three years later.[1] He fought in the Balkan Wars of 1912–1913, being wounded during the Battle of Sarantaporo in 1912.[1]
In 1914–1916 he commanded the Lesbos infantry regiment, and the 3rd Serres Regiment in the Serres Division in 1917.[1] In 1918–19 he commanded the 8th Infantry Division, and in 1919, he served as garrison commander of Smyrna during its occupation by the Greek army.[1] In 1920, he was military governor of Athens, and retired in August 1921.[1]
Apart from his military career, Kalomenopoulos was also the author of a number of topographic, military, and historical studies, including on the military history of the Byzantine Empire.[1] He is considered one of the best military writers in Greece.
He died in Athens in 1952.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k "Καλομενόπουλος Νικόστρατος". Μεγάλη Στρατιωτικὴ καὶ Ναυτικὴ Ἐγκυκλοπαιδεία. Tόμος Τέταρτος: Καβάδης–Μωριάς [Great Military and Naval Encyclopaedia. Volume IV: Kavadh–Morea] (in Greek). Athens: Ἔκδοσις Μεγάλης Στρατιωτικῆς καὶ Ναυτικῆς Ἐγκυκλοπαιδείας. 1929. p. 26. OCLC 31255024.
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- 1865 births
- 1952 deaths
- 19th-century Greek military personnel
- 20th-century Greek military personnel
- Greek military personnel of the Balkan Wars
- Greek military personnel of the Greco-Turkish War (1897)
- Greek military personnel of the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922)
- Greek military personnel of the Macedonian Struggle
- Greek military personnel of World War I
- Hellenic Army generals
- People from Syros
- Prisoners and detainees of the Ottoman Empire
- Escapees
- Greek historians
- Military historians