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Revision as of 18:14, November 16, 2005
Charalambos Katsimitros was a Greek military figure.
He was born in the village of Klitso, Evritania prefecture in 1886. He saw action in the Second Balkan War, World War I and the Greco-Turkish War (1919 - 1922).
In 1937, as a Lieutenant-General, he was given command of the 8th Division. When Italy attacked Greece in World War II, he successfully repelled the main thrust of the Italian effort then counter-attacked and led his troops into Northern Epirus reaching the Tepeleni - Himara line.
After the war he wrote his memoirs. He died in February of 1962.