Nikolaos Vlachopoulos

Nikolaos Vlachopoulos (Greek: Νικόλαος Βλαχόπουλος, 1868–1957) was a Hellenic Army officer who rose to the rank of Lieutenant General. He participated in all the Greek wars of the early 20th century, and served twice as chief of the Hellenic Army General Staff, in 1922–24 and in 1927–28.

Biography

Nikolaos Vlachopoulos was born in

After the defeat of the Greek army in Anatolia by the Turkish forces in August 1922, however, Vlachopoulos was recalled to service and appointed chief of the Army Staff Service, serving until 1924. In the same year he was promoted to lieutenant general, and served once again as Chief of the Army Staff in 1927–28, when he retired.^[2]

Vlachopoulos was a well-educated officer, who spoke fluently German, French, Italian and English. He also wrote an artillery manual for the Military Academy and translated into Greek the book of the German field marshal

He was married with two children, and died in 1957.^[2]

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