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Papadopoulos, Georgios

Date of birth:
May 5th, 1919 (Elaiohori, Greece)
Date of death:
June 27th, 1999 (Athens, Greece)
Buried on:
First Cemetery Athens
Nationality:
Greek (1935-1973, Kingdom)

Biography

Colonel Georgios Papadopoulos, veteran of the Italian-Greek War (1940-1941), joined the anti communist Greek security battalions to crush the communist partisans in occupied Greece. He also fought the Communists in the Greek civil war. He later became a dictator when he took control of the county by force.

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