Alexander Papagos

"Hence, we will not say that Greeks fight like heroes, but that heroes fight like Greeks."

- Winston Churchill Marshal Alexander Papagos was a Greek Field Marshal who led the Hellenic army during World War Two.

Papagos was appointed as the ground force commander of Greece in the Battle of Greece (1941), in which the Greek army succeeded in defending their motherland from Fascist Italian Army and driving the Italian troops back into Albania.

Tough the Greek lost the battle after German intervention, they managed to put on a decent fight lasting 24 days with bravery which was praised by Winston Churchill and even the Nazis. Then Papagos retrieved the Greek army onto Crete Island and continued his struggle against Nazis and Italians, which also made great impact on Axis troops, even slowing down the step of Operation Barbarossa.

After WW2, Papagos led the final victory of government force over Greek Communist Guerrillas and was elected as the president of Greece in 1951.

Presently, the Athens suburb of Papagou, where the Greek Ministry of Defence is located, is named after him to honor his achievements.

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