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Timoleon Vassos or Vasos (Greek: Τιμολέων Βάσσος or Βάσος; c. 1836–1929) was a Hellenic Army officer and general.
He was born in Athens in 1836, the younger son of the hero of the Greek Revolution Vasos Mavrovouniotis. He studied at the Hellenic Military Academy and continued his studies in France before being appointed as aide de camp to King George I. In February 1897, as a colonel, he was sent at the head of an expeditionary force to Crete to assist the local Cretan revolt against the Ottoman Empire, an act which precipitated the outbreak of the Greco-Turkish War of 1897.[1] He eventually reached the rank of Major General and garrison commander of Athens.
Timoleon Vassos and his son in Crete c. 1897
He died in Athens in October 1929.
^Kitromilides, Paschalis M. (2006-06-26). Eleftherios Venizelos: The Trials of Statesmanship. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 978-0-7486-2700-4.
TimoleonVassos or Vasos (Greek: Τιμολέων Βάσσος or Βάσος; c. 1836–1929) was a Hellenic Army officer and general. He was born in Athens in 1836, the younger...
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refused and dispatched 1400 troops to Crete under the command of Colonel TimoleonVassos. While the Great Powers announced a blockade, Greek troops crossed...
Kolymbari on 1 February 1897, and its commanding officer, Colonel TimoleonVassos, declared that he was taking over the island "in the name of the King...
in the Greek expeditionary corps to his native Crete under Colonel TimoleonVassos. In 1909, with the rank of colonel, he served as Minister of Military...
Kolymbari on 3 February 1897, and its commanding officer, Colonel TimoleonVassos declared that he was taking over the island "in the name of the King...
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1897 he served in the expeditionary corps sent to Crete under Colonel TimoleonVassos. In 1904 he became a lieutenant, followed by promotions to captain...
participated in the Greek expeditionary force to Crete under Colonel TimoleonVassos. By the time the First Balkan War broke out October 1912 he was a Lt...
the inscription (in Greek): "Fighting holy battles for his friend Greece. Vassos Mavrovoniotes". Mavrovouniotis married Helena Pangalou from the well known...
by the Great Powers on the Ottoman sovereignty over Crete, Colonel TimoleonVassos unilaterally proclaimed the union of the island with Greece. The Powers...
participated in the Greek expeditionary force to Crete under Colonel TimoleonVassos. There he would assist in the Cretan Revolt (1897-1898) which would...
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