Vassilis Rapotikas
Vassilis Christou Rapotikas Βασίλειος Χρήστου Ραποτίκας | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1888 |
| Died | May or June 1943 |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance |  Principality of Pindus Kingdom of Italy |
| Service/ | Roman Legion |
| Years of service | 1941–1943 |
Vassilis Christou Rapotikas (1888–1943; Greek: Βασίλειος Χρήστου Ραποτίκας) was an Aromanian revolutionary and collaborationist paramilitary leader in Greece during World War II. He was among leaders of the Roman Legion of the short-lived Italian puppet state of Pindus, right behind Alcibiades Diamandi and Nicolaos Matussis. This unit sought to carve out a permanent and independent Aromanian state in the Greek regions of Thessaly and Macedonia.[1] Rapotikas was killed in May or June 1943 by members of the Greek People's Liberation Army near Grizano.[2]
References[]
- ^ British Reports on Greece 1943–1944, John Melior Stevens, Christopher Montague Woodhouse, David John Wallace, Lars Bærentzen, Museum Tusculanum Press, 1982, pp. 36–37
- ^ Σταύρος Παπαγιάννης (Stavros Papayiannis), ISBN 978-960-7210-71-5, 1999, 2004, p. 183
Categories:
- 1888 births
- 1943 deaths
- Aromanian people
- Aromanian nationalists
- Greek people of World War II
- Separatists
- Greek people of Aromanian descent
- Aromanians of the Ottoman Empire