Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Othonaios akaberekerwa kuGytheion muna 1879, uye akanyoresa muHellenic Military Academy. Akatora chikamu muMacedonian Kurwira ne "nom de guerre" ye "Kaptain" Palamidis, uye aive nhengo yeMasoja League. Akarwa muHondo dzeBalkan, uye akatsigira Eleftherios Venizelos panguva yeNational Schism, achiraira 7th Cretan Regiment kumberi kweMacedonia muHondo Yenyika I. Akatorawo chikamu mukupindira kweAllied muHondo yeVanhu veRussia muna 1919 aine chinzvimbo chaColonel. Gare gare, akagadzwa Commanding Officer weKydoniai Division uye akapinda mukutora dunhu reSmirna mumatanho ekutanga eAsia Minor Campaign. Pashure pokukundwa musarudzo kwaVenizelos muna 1920, akadzingwa muuto ndokutizira kunyika yaitongwa neAllied
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