Facts: - birth name: georgios bakos - predecessor: theodoras panagakos - birth date: 1892 - branch: greek army - native name lang: el - order: minister of national defense of greece - death date: january 6 , 1945 -lrb- aged 52 -rrb- - term end: 7 april 1943 - serviceyears: 1919 -- 1945 - name: georgios bakos - birth place: mani , kingdom of greece - successor: ioannis rallis - primeminister: georgios tsolakoglou konstantinos logothetopoulos - native name: - battles: * asia minor campaign - allegiance: kingdom . svg second hellenic republic flag of greece -lrb- 1822-1978 of -rrb- . svg hellenic state greece flag of greece -lrb- 1822-1978 -rrb- - term start: 30 april 1941 - rank: major general Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of georgios bakos .
georgios bakos -lrb- , 1892 -- 1945 -rrb- was a greek army officer .born in mani in 1892 , he became a career officer and fought in the asia minor campaign .as a major general , he commanded the 3rd infantry division in the greco-italian war of 1940 -- 41 .after the german invasion of greece and the greek army 's capitulation , he served as minister of national defence in the collaborationist government set up by lt. general georgios tsolakoglou on 30 april 1941 , and retained the post under tsolakoglou 's successor konstantinos logothetopoulos , until the logothetopoulos cabinet 's resignation on 7 april 1943 .an ardent germanophile , bakos tried , without success , to raise a greek volunteer unit to fight along the german '' wehrmacht '' in the eastern front .during the '' dekemvriana '' he was taken prisoner by eam-elas guerrillas , and after a court-martial was executed as a traitor on 6 january 1945 .