The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of General Stefanos Saráfis

Saráfis

Stefanos, General

(1890 – 1957)

(Στέφανος Σαράφης)

1924
Assistant commandant of Military Academy
 
Commandant of Army Military School Evelidon
 
Military Attaché to Paris
1933
- 1935
Chief of Staff of the General Inspectorate
1935
Member behind failed coup d'état 1st May
1935
Condemned to life imprisonment for treason
1935
Pardoned
1937
- 1941
Arrested and in prison
1941
Arrested by the Italians but released
1942
Arrested by the Italians again
1943
- 1945
Head of Resistance Movement ELAS National Popular Liberation Army
1946
Retired from the Army
1947
- 1948
Arrested and in prison
1957
Killed in a car accident
Picture source: Courtesy of Paul Godley