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Minister of Defence: Vangelis Meimarakis
20 May 1825, Battle at Maniaki, Panagiotis Zografos, Papaflessas and his men against an Egyptian army of Ibrahim Pasha Naval battles
Greek : Ελληνικός στόλος - 1821 Battle of Kilkis-Lahanas 21.6.1913
Equipment of the Hellenic Air Force Equipment of the Hellenic Army Greek destroyer Spetsai (D 98) Greek destroyer Kountouriotis (D 99) Greek: Ελληνικός στόλος - 1940 Historical
George Dilboy American Hero, a Greek from Smyrna
Wilhelm Leopold Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz , German military expert who organized the Ottoman Army against the Greeks
Konstantinos Smolenskis
Michail Moutousis, military pilot
Alexandros Karamanlakis (+ end of August.1912 near Stomio/ Evrostina)
Nikolaos Votsis, destroyed with a torpedo 18.10.1912 the Turkish corvette "Fetih-i-Bulend" (turkish word for "good victory") in the harbour of Thessaloniki
SPIROS STEVE PISANOS , “The Flying Greek”(Σπύρος Πίσανος ) Vassilis 'Vass' Vassiliades (1920-1945) List of Air Aces (Greece), 1941 - 45
Nike-Hercules, an American surface-to-air missile named after Greek Mythology characters, used by the Greek army A photo of the NATO missile range on the Island of Crete taken on the Hipar radar tower in 1969. Photograph taken at the Crete missile range, second to the last launch by the 118th, Royal Dutch Air Force Squadron in 1987. Images of Ships and Information about the Hellenic Navy (WWII) Persons
Cost of Military in Greece: 1988 : 1 355 millions Euro
Evzones in the Syntagma Square , before the tomb of the unknown soldier. Their shoes (tsarouhia) each 3 kg have 60 nails on the sole. They carry clothes with the symbols "Chi", "O" for Christian Orthodox. Some say that the long black tassel of their cap symbolizes the tears of Jesus Christ on the cross. Images
Women support of the soldiers, poster of the artist Vasso Katraki, "Panagia with him"
Modern Sacred Band (Ιερός Λόχος) during WW II (Probably without intention 2 men are shown, it was not an "Army of Lovers" like in ancient Thebes ). The Sacred Band symbol includes an inscription "I tan i epi tas" ( Either come back with [your shield], or on it) Companies
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