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Vassilis Vlachopoulos
Βασίλης Βλαχόπουλος
Personal details
Born18 Dec 1883
Agrinio, Greece
Died28 Dec 1944
Athens, Greece
Resting placeFirst Cemetery of Athens
Political partyLiberal Party
SpouseThalia Sdrallis
ChildrenOrestes Vlachopoulos
Alma materHellenic Army Academy
Awards Grand Commander of the Order of the Redeemer
Legion of Honour
Medal of Military Merit
Order of George I
Greco-Turkish War 1912-1913
Military service
AllegianceGreece Kingdom of Greece
Greece Second Hellenic Republic
Battles/warsGreco-Turkish War (1897)
Balkan Wars

World War I

Greco-Turkish War (1919–22)

Vassilis Vlachopoulos (Greek: Βασίλης Βλαχόπουλος), also known as Vassilis Vlahopoulos, (Agrinio, 1883 – Athens, 1944) was a general, fighter in the First and Second Balkan Wars, World War I and the First and Second Greco-Turkish Wars, and a member of parliament for the liberals under Eleftherios Venizelos.

Biography

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Vassilis Vlachopoulos was born in Agrinio in 1883. He enrolled in the Hellenic Military Academy and graduated. He served during the Balkan Wars of 1912–13.

On April 8,1915 he was sent to Kragujevac, Serbia to determine the possibility of the Serbian Government fulfilling its military obligations towards the Entente. Radomir Putnak, the Chief of Staff of the Supreme Command of the Serbian Army, refused to discuss the matter and on August 10, 1915, would inform Vlachopoulos that the transport of 150,000 Serbian combat troops to the Bulgarian border was not possible in the event that Sofia were to declare war.[1]

He took part in the 1926 elections as a candidate for parliament for the constituency of Aetolia-Acarnania with the Liberal Party and received 622 votes.[2]

In 1938, Vassilis along with other descendants of leaders of the Greek War of Independence, founded the Patriotic Association of Descendants of the Fighters of 1821 in Athens at the King George Hotel.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Hibben, Paxton (November 2005) [1920]. Ο ΣΤΡΑΤΗΛΑΤΗΣ ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΣ ΚΑΙ Ο ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΟΣ ΛΑΟΣ [The Soldier Konstantinos And The Greek People] (in Greek). Pelasgos. p. 43. ISBN 9789605222048.
  2. ^ "The elections in Etoloakarnania in 1926-1946". Agrinio News. May 18, 2014. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
  3. ^ "About Us". www.omilosapogonon1821.com. August 29, 2024. Retrieved August 29, 2024.