serviceyears laterwork branch death_place death_date birth_place allegiance battles birth_date rank article_title battles_label name
1907 -- 1941 , 1945 -- 1948 mp , deputy minister for the interior hellenic army athens 1971 nafplio greece royal balkan 1919 -- 22 , greco-italian war wars , macedonian front , greco-turkish war of 1887 15px lieutenant general vasileios vrachnos
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vasileios vrachnos

vasileios vrachnos -lrb- , 1887 -- 1971 -rrb- was a hellenic army general , most notable for his leadership in the greco-italian war of 1940 -- 41 , and post-war conservative politician .
he was born in nafplio in 1887 .
after studying law at the university of athens , he enlisted in the greek army and participated in the balkan wars , world war i , and the asia minor campaign .
at the outbreak of the greco-italian war on 28 october 1940 he was major general commanding the 1st infantry division , with which he played a major role in the greek victory in the battle of pindus .
during the axis occupation of greece , he was arrested and imprisoned in italy and germany , being released in 1945 .
reinstated in the army , he was promoted to lieutenant general in 1946 , before retiring in 1948 .
he was elected an mp in 1951 and 1952 .
he was also briefly deputy minister of the interior from 16 april to 15 december 1954 in the national radical union cabinet of alexander papagos , the former greek commander-in-chief in 1940 -- 41 .
he died in athens in 1971 .
