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Ioannis Sismanis

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Ioannis Sismanis
Native name
Ιωάννης Σισμάνης
Bornc. 1859
Nafpaktia, Kingdom of Greece
AllegianceGreece Kingdom of Greece
Branch Hellenic Army
Years of service?–1921
Rank Major General
Battles / warsGreco-Turkish War (1897)
Balkan Wars

World War I

Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922)

Ioannis Sismanis (Greek: Ιωάννης Σισμάνης) was a Hellenic Army general.

Born in Nafpaktia in about 1859, he became an NCO and was commissioned as an officer following graduation from the NCO School.[1] He fought in the Greco-Turkish War of 1897, the Balkan Wars of 1912–13, the Macedonian front of World War I (1917–18) and in the Greco-Turkish War of 1919–22 until his retirement from service on 10 September 1921 (O.S.) with the rank of Major General.[1]

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  1. ^ a b Μεγάλη Στρατιωτική και Ναυτική Εγκυκλοπαιδεία. Τόμος Στ′: Σαράντα Εκκλησίαι – Ώχρα [Great Military and Naval Encyclopedia. Volume VI]. Athens. 1930. p. 62.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)