Markos Drakos (general)

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Markos Drakos
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Markos Drakos c. 1940
Native name
Μάρκος Δράκος
Bornc. 1888
Diedc. 1975
Allegiance State flag of Greece (1863-1924;1935-73).svg Kingdom of Greece
BranchHellenic Army War Flag.svg  Hellenic Army
Rank GR-Army-OF8-1937.svg Lieutenant General
Commands Eastern Macedonia Army Section
Epirus Army Section
Conflicts Balkan Wars

World War I

Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922)
World War II

Alma mater Hellenic Military Academy
École Militaire

Markos Drakos (Greek : Μάρκος Δράκος, 1888–1975) was a member of the Drakos family and a Lieutenant General of the Hellenic Army most notable for his leadership during the Greco-Italian War of 1940–41, as commander of the Eastern Macedonia Army Section and of the Epirus Army Section. [1]

  1. Δημοσθένη, Κούκουνα (1999). ΟΙ ΕΛΛΗΝΕΣ ΠΟΛΙΤΙΚΟΙ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΚΟ ΒΙΟΓΡΑΦΙΚΟ ΛΕΞΙΚΟ 1926-1949[GREEK POLITICIANS HISTORICAL BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY 1926-1949] (in Greek). Metron. p. 61. ISBN   978-9607201539.