In Athens, enosis is a common topic …
Years: 1951 - 1951
In Athens, enosis is a common topic of coffeehouse conversation, and Colonel George Grivas, a Cypriot native, is becoming known for his strong views on the subject.
Grivas, born in 1898 in the village of Trikomo about fifty kilometers northeast of Nicosia, is the son of a grain merchant.
After elementary education in the village school, he was sent to the Pancyprian Gymnasium.
Reportedly a good student, Grivas had gone to Athens at age seventeen to enter the Greek Military Academy.
As a young officer in the Greek army, he saw action in Anatolia during the Greco-Turkish War of 1920-22, in which he was wounded and cited for bravery.
Grivas's unit almost reached Ankara during the Anatolian campaign, and he was sorely disappointed as the Greek campaign turned into disaster.
However, he learned much about war, particularly guerrilla war.
When Italy invaded Greece in 1940, he was a lieutenant colonel serving as chief of staff of an infantry division.
Grivas, born in 1898 in the village of Trikomo about fifty kilometers northeast of Nicosia, is the son of a grain merchant.
After elementary education in the village school, he was sent to the Pancyprian Gymnasium.
Reportedly a good student, Grivas had gone to Athens at age seventeen to enter the Greek Military Academy.
As a young officer in the Greek army, he saw action in Anatolia during the Greco-Turkish War of 1920-22, in which he was wounded and cited for bravery.
Grivas's unit almost reached Ankara during the Anatolian campaign, and he was sorely disappointed as the Greek campaign turned into disaster.
However, he learned much about war, particularly guerrilla war.
When Italy invaded Greece in 1940, he was a lieutenant colonel serving as chief of staff of an infantry division.
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Years: 1951 - 1951
Locations
People
Groups
- Christians, Eastern Orthodox
- Turkish people
- Greeks (Modern)
- Cyprus, British Crown Colony of
- Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
- United Nations, The (U.N.)
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Commodoties
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