Dimitrios Matthaiopoulos
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Greco-Turkish War of 1897
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Dimitrios Matthaiopoulos (Greek: Δημήτριος Ματθαιόπουλος, 1861–1923) was a senior Hellenic Army officer who participated in the Balkan Wars of 1912–1913.
Biography
He was born in
Greco-Turkish War of 1897
.
Between 1900 and 1910 Matthaiopoulos taught military engineering and fortification works at the Hellenic Military Academy. Between 1910 and 1912, as colonel, he supervised the construction of fortifications around on the Greco-Ottoman border in Thessaly.[2]
During the mobilization before the outbreak of the
5th Infantry Division, newly formed from reservists. During the war, he was tasked with covering the left flank of the Army of Thessaly through his division's advance into Western Macedonia. His division, however, was attacked by superior Ottoman troops and driven back at the Battle of Sorovich
, on 22–24 October 1912.
Dismissed from his command, he was placed in charge of the
Army of Epirus, with which he participated in the Battle of Bizani where he was wounded. During the Second Balkan War, the 8th Infantry Division under Matthaiopoulos conducted an amphibious operation which resulted in the Greek annexation of Western Thrace. He retired in November 1922, with the rank of lieutenant general.[2]
He died in December 1923.
Footnotes
- Old Style.
- ^ a b Kargakos 2012, p. 66.
Sources
- Kargakos, Sarandos (2012). Η Ελλάς κατά τους Βαλκανικούς Πολέμους (1912-1913) [Greece in the Balkan Wars (1912-1913)] (in Greek). Peritechnon. ISBN 978-960-8411-26-5.