This list is for people who held general officer rank (including, after 1946, Brigadier General) in the regular Hellenic Army since 1828. It does not include the numerous generals of the irregular troops appointed during the Greek War of Independence, unless they also received a general rank in the post-war regular army.

2014年5月9日 · Ioannis Velissariou (Greek: Ιωάννης Βελισσαρίου, 26 November 1861 – 13 July 1913) was a Greek Army officer and hero of the Balkan Wars. He is considered to be one of the most important figures in the military history of modern Greece .

Yannis Makriyannis was a hero of the Greek War of Independence of 1821, an army officer and politician after the creation of the New Greek State. He was born in 1797 in a town of the Fokida prefecture. His father was killed at a conflict with the Turks …

In September 1821, the Greeks, under the leadership of Theodoros Kolokotronis, captured Tripolitsa. Revolts in Crete, Macedonia, and Central Greece broke out, but were suppressed. Greek fleets achieved success against the Ottoman navy in the Aegean Sea and prevented Ottoman reinforcements from arriving by sea.

2018年3月24日 · In May 1821, Omer Vryonis, the commander of the Ottoman army, advanced with 8,000 men, after crushing the forces of the Greek resistance at the river of Alamana and killing Athanasios Diakos. The Ottomans then headed south into …

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).

2020年10月3日 · Thomas Gordon (1788 – 1841), was a British officer, a significant Philhellene and one of the first commanders of the Greek Army. He was born in Cairness House, in Lonmay of county Aberdeenshire, in Scotland. He was the son of landowner Charles Gordon, lord of Buthlaw and Cairness, and Christian Forbes, lady of […]

The Greek Army occupies a pivotal role in the modern history of Greece, serving as both a symbol and an instrument of the nation’s tumultuous journey from fragmented Ottoman rule to a unified nation-state. Across the formative years of modern Greece (1821– 1949), the military was central to a series of transformative events:

On February 22, 1821 General Alexandros Ypsylantis, the leader of "Philiki Etaireia", along with a small army crossed the Pruth River, which marked the boarder between Russia, Bessarabia, and Moldavia. Unfortunately, he and his army were defeated by the Turks.

In this effort of great assistance offered by Greek origin officers, serving in various European armies, and many foreign soldiers, who voluntarily came to Greece to participate in the release....