Vasileios Melas (standing left) with his brothers c. 1897
Native name
Βασίλειος Μελάς
Born
c. 1874 Athens, Kingdom of Greece
Died
c. 1956
Allegiance
Kingdom of Greece
Second Hellenic Republic
Service/branch
Hellenic Army
Years of service
1897-1936 1940-1941
Rank
Lieutenant General
Commands held
Senior Military Commander of Argyrokastro
Battles/wars
Greco-Turkish War (1897) Balkan Wars
First Balkan War
Second Balkan War
North Epirote Struggle Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922) World War II
Greco-Italian War
Battle of Greece
Alma mater
Hellenic Military Academy
Relations
Michail Melas (father) Pavlos Melas (brother) Anna Mela-Papadopoulou (sister)
Other work
Adjutant to King Alexander of Greece President of the Athenian Club President of the Management Committee of Vasileios G. Melas President of the Philippos Union President of the Epirote Society of Athens
Vasileios Melas (Greek: Βασίλειος Μελάς; 1879 in Athens – 1956) was an Lieutenant General of the Hellenic army. He was Pavlos Melas' younger brother.
VasileiosMelas (Greek: Βασίλειος Μελάς; 1879 in Athens – 1956) was an Lieutenant General of the Hellenic army. He was Pavlos Melas' younger brother....
Pavlos Melas (Greek: Παύλος Μελάς, Pávlos Melás; 29 March 1870 – 13 October 1904) was a Greek revolutionary and artillery officer of the Hellenic Army...
Look up melas, mêlas, mēļas, or mēļās in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Melas may refer to: Plural of melaMelas (mythology), a number of different characters...
home to live in London with his uncles Leon and VasileiosMelas, where he worked for their business, Melas Bros, first as a bookkeeper and then as a partner...
Commander of Xanthi Division in the Asia Minor Campaign Lieutenant General VasileiosMelas 1879 1956 Commander of Cavalry Division in the Asia Minor Campaign...
from the Macedonian Struggle, as Tsontos Bardas and Pavlos Melas, brother VasileiosMelas. On June 25, 1914, Lazaros with the armed forces of Tsontos...
Catholic bishop of Syros and martyr Michail Melas (1833–1897), Greek politician and merchant, father to Pavlos Melas Demetrius Vikelas (1835–1908), writer and...
of philosophers, scientists, rhetoricians, and philologists; Tatakes, Vasileios N.; Moutafakis, Nicholas J. (2003). Byzantine Philosophy. Hackett Publishing...
Skoutarides sprinter and hurdler George Sotiropoulos mixed martial artist Vasileios Spanoulis basketball player Konstantinos Spetsiotis race walker Spiridon...
Mayor of Karpenisi In office 1 January 2011 – 31 August 2014 Preceded by Vasileios Karampas Succeeded by Nikos Souliotis Personal details Born (1978-03-16)...
others. During the 1878 Macedonian rebellion, the revolutionary leader Vasileios Zourkas from Neveska operated in the areas of Varnous and Mariovo. Nymfaio...
London, 1885, p. 231ff. Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 4.12.22. Pomponius Mela. De situ orbis. Vol. 2.7.11. Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v. Τῆνος...
and the ₯1 coin of 1988–2001. A statue of Bouboulina sculpted by Natalia Mela-Konstantinidou is located at Spetses. A bust of Bouboulina created by Lazaros...
personalities of the Greek history belong to Vlach families, like Pavlos Melas, Evangelos and Konstantinos Zappas, Stefanos and Ion. Ioannis Kaphetzopoulos...
the Macedonian Struggle". Proceedings of Conclave "100 Years after Pavlos Melas' Death", Company of Macedonian Studies, Thessaloniki, 2004. Report of the...
Georgantas Germanos III of Old Patras Georgios Gevidis Konstantinos Gofas Vasileios Goudas Ioannis Gouras Dimitrios Gouvelis Konstantinos Gouvelis Angelis...
exhibition facilities. Evangelis Zappas was one of three children born to Vasileios Zappas and Sotira Meksi, of Greek or Aromanian ancestry, on 23 August...
Delta, Kalamaria, Kordelio-Evosmos, Neapoli-Sykies, Oraiokastro, Pavlos Melas, Pylaia-Chortiatis, Thermaikos, Thermi and Thessaloniki. It was abolished...
partially responsible for the betrayal that resulted in the death of Pavlos Melas in 1904. He was eventually arrested by Ottoman authorities but was given...
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