Efthymios Tsimikalis
Efthymios Tsimikalis | |
|---|---|
| Native name | Ευθύμιος Τσιμικάλης |
| Born | 17 June 1879[1] Agrinio, Kingdom of Greece |
| Died | c. 1943 Hellenic State |
| Allegiance | |
| Service/ |  10th Infantry Division IV Army Corps |
| Wars | Balkan Wars
Finance Minister |
Efthymios Tsimikalis (Greek: Ευθύμιος Τσιμικάλης, 1879–1943) was a Hellenic Army officer who rose to the rank of lieutenant general. He was particularly notable for this role in World War I and in the politics of the interwar period
Life
Efthymios Tsimikalis was born on 17 June 1879 in
During the Balkan Wars of 1912–13 he served as company and battalion commander in the 6th Infantry Regiment, being wounded in the Battle of Sarantaporo.[2] In August 1916 he joined Eleftherios Venizelos' Provisional Government of National Defence in Thessaloniki, and was charged with the formation of the 5th Regiment of the new Archipelago Division. Tsimikalis led the regiment to the front in May 1917, and fought with distinction in the Macedonian front, particularly in the Battle of Skra-di-Legen in May 1918, where the 5th Archipelago Regiment led the main assault on the Bulgarian positions.[2]
Following victory at Skra, he was posted as garrison commander of
In March 1933 he was a member of the emergency "Government of the Lieutenant Generals" under
He died in 1943.
A street is named in his honour in his home town of Agrinio.
References
- Old Style.
- ^ a b c d e Μεγάλη Στρατιωτική και Ναυτική Εγκυκλοπαιδεία. Τόμος Στ′: Σαράντα Εκκλησίαι – Ώχρα [Great Military and Naval Encyclopedia. Volume VI]. Athens. 1930. pp. 413–414.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Κυβέρνησις ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΟΘΩΝΑΙΟΥ - Από 6.3.1933 έως 10.3.1933" (in Greek). General Secretariat of the Government. Retrieved 16 February 2015.