branch death_date birth_place allegiance battles birth_date rank article_title name
hellenic army , greek gendarmerie 1954 dervista , aetolia-acarnania greece republic royal kingdom of greece greece old second hellenic greco-turkish front , asia minor campaign war of 1897 , balkan wars , macedonian 1869 15px lieutenant general dimosthenis dialetis
 dimosthenis dialetis
dimosthenis dialetis

dimosthenis dialetis -lrb- ; 1869 -- 1954 -rrb- was a greek soldier who rose to the rank of lieutenant general .
born in dervista , aetolia-acarnania , he enlisted in the hellenic army on 23 september 1885 .
he rose to become an nco , before attending the nco school and being commissioned as an infantry 2nd lieutenant on 10 august 1901 .
he fought in the greco-turkish war of 1897 , the balkan wars of 1912 -- 13 , the macedonian front of world war i , and the asia minor campaign .
he particularly distinguished himself for his bravery and leadership as commander of the 34th infantry regiment in the battle of dumlupinar in 1922 , for which he was promoted to major general .
he later became lieutenant general -lrb- 1928 -rrb- and chief of the greek gendarmerie .
he briefly served as deputy minister of national defence in the collaborationist government of ioannis rallis in 1943 , during the axis occupation of greece .
