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Diakos was born on the island of [[Chalki]] in the [[Dodecanese]]. He left the Italian-occupied Dodecanese in [[1929]] for [[Athens]]. Upon graduating Military School in [[1934]], he was commisioned a Sublieutenant in the Greek Army. At the outbreak of [[World War II]] he was a lieutenant commanding the 2nd platoon of the the I/4 battalion. He was among the first to see action and fell on Tsouka Hill, on [[November 1]], [[1940]], fighting the Italian invaders of [[Greece]]. | Diakos was born on the island of [[Chalki]] in the [[Dodecanese]]. He left the Italian-occupied Dodecanese in [[1929]] for [[Athens]]. Upon graduating Military School in [[1934]], he was commisioned a Sublieutenant in the Greek Army. At the outbreak of [[World War II]] he was a lieutenant commanding the 2nd platoon of the the I/4 battalion. He was among the first to see action and fell on Tsouka Hill, on [[November 1]], [[1940]], fighting the Italian invaders of [[Greece]]. | ||
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Revision as of 20:10, December 17, 2006
Lieutenant Alexandros Diakos was the first Greek officer to fall on the field of battle during the Second World War.
Diakos was born on the island of Chalki in the Dodecanese. He left the Italian-occupied Dodecanese in 1929 for Athens. Upon graduating Military School in 1934, he was commisioned a Sublieutenant in the Greek Army. At the outbreak of World War II he was a lieutenant commanding the 2nd platoon of the the I/4 battalion. He was among the first to see action and fell on Tsouka Hill, on November 1, 1940, fighting the Italian invaders of Greece.