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Encyclopedia > Panagiotis Danglis

Panagiotis Danglis (Greek:Παναγιώτης Δαγκλής)(1853March 9, 1924) was Hellenic Army general and politician. 1853 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... March 9 is the 68th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (69th in Leap years). ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Hellenic Army (Greek: Ελληνικός Στράτος) is the land force of Greece (The Hellenic Republic). ...


Born in Agrinio, he graduated from the Scholi Evelpidon Officer Academy in 1878 as a Second Lieutenant of Artillery, later followed by a further year of studies in Belgium. Upon his return, as Captain, he was appointed adjutant to the 1884-1887 French military mission, which had been tasked with modernizing the Greek Army. He was a recognized expert in artillery, teaching at the Army Academy and inventing the Schneider-Dangli Gun in 1893. During the Greco-Turkish War of 1897 he served as chief of staff of I Brigade in the Epirus sector. As a Lieutenant Colonel, he was transferred to the General Staff Corps in 1904. Agrinio (Greek, Modern: Αγρίνιο, Ancient/Katharevousa: -on, older form: Agrinion, Latin: Agrinium) is the largest city and a municipality of the Aetolia-Acarnania prefecture of Greece, with about 100. ... 1878 (MDCCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1893 (MDCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The Greco-Turkish War of 1897, also called the Thirty Days War, was a war between Greece and the Ottoman Empire. ... Epirus (Greek Ήπειρος, Ípeiros; see also List of traditional Greek place names), is a province or periphery in northwestern Greece, bounded by West Macedonia and Thessaly to the east, by the province of Sterea Ellada (Central Greece) to the south, the Ionian Sea and the Ionian Islands to the west and... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...


Promoted to Colonel in 1907, he participated in the latter stages of the Macedonian Struggle, supervising operations in the Salonica area, under the nom de guerre of Parmenion. Promoted to Major General in 1911, he was appointed head of the Army General Staff in August 1912, partly because of his abilities, but also as a balance to the more royalist and Germanophile staff officers like Ioannis Metaxas. During the First Balkan War, he served as chief of staff to Crown Prince Constantine's Army of Thessaly until November 1912, when he became a member of the Greek delegation in the London Peace Conference. In March 1913 he was promoted to Lieutenant General and placed in command of the Epirus Army Corps. 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Macedonian Struggle(1904-1908) is the name used in Greece to refer to the conflict over Macedonia at the beginning of the 20th century. ... The White Tower The Arch of Galerius Map showing the Thessaloníki prefecture Thessaloníki (Θεσσαλονίκη) is the second-largest city of Greece and is the principal city and the capital of the Greek region of Macedonia. ... Parmenion (also Parmenio) (in Greek Παρμενίων, c. ... 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Ioannis Metaxas Ioannis Metaxas (Greek Ιωάννης Μεταξάς, April 12, 1871 – January 29, 1941) was a Greek General and the Prime Minister of Greece from 1936 until his death. ... Combatants Ottoman Empire Balkan League (Serbia), (Montenegro), (Greece), (Bulgaria) Commanders Nazim Pasha, Zekki Pasha, Esat Pasha, Abdulach Pasha Constantine I of Greece, Vladimir Vazov, Petar Bojovic, Radomir Putnik, Pavlos Kountouriotis Strength 350,000 men Greece 115,000 men, Bulgaria 300,000 men, Serbia 220,000 men, Montenegro 35,000 men... Constantine I, King of the Hellenes (2 August 1868 - 11 January 1923), ruled Greece from 1913-1917 and from 1920-1922. ... Map showing Thessaly periphery in Greece Thessaly (Θεσσαλια; modern Greek Thessalía; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is one of the 13 peripheries of Greece, and is further sub-divided into 4 prefectures. ... The Treaty of London was convened in May 1913 to deal with territorial adjustments arising out of the conclusion of the First Balkan War. ... 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ...


In late 1914 he left the army and went into politics, joining the Liberal Party of Eleftherios Venizelos in 1915 and elected as an MP for Epirus. He became Minister for War and supported Venizelos during his struggle against King Constantine in 1916, joining his Triumvirate, the "Temporary Government of National Defence". In 1917, when Greece joined the First World War, he was appointed nominal commander-in-chief of the Greek Army, a position he retained until the war's end, when he returned to his parliamentary office. In 1921, Danglis succeeded the self-exiled Venizelos as president of the Liberal Party. 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Komma Fileleftheron (Greek: Κόμμα Φιλελευθέρων - literally Party of the Friends of Liberty; usually translated as Liberal Party) was one of the major Greek political parties of the early 20th Century. ... Eleftherios Venizelos (1864-1936), Greek statesman and diplomat. ... 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Epirus (Greek Ήπειρος, Ípeiros; see also List of traditional Greek place names), is a province or periphery in northwestern Greece, bounded by West Macedonia and Thessaly to the east, by the province of Sterea Ellada (Central Greece) to the south, the Ionian Sea and the Ionian Islands to the west and... The Minister for National Defence of Greece is a government minister responsible for the running of the Ministry of National Defence. ... 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... The term triumvirate is commonly used to describe an alliance between three equally powerful political or military leaders. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...


He died in Athens. Athens (Greek: Αθήνα, Athína IPA: ) is the capital and largest city of Greece and the birthplace of democracy. ...


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