Stefanos Gennadis
Stefanos Gennadis was a Greek army officer who reached the rank of lieutenant general. He is best known for his role during the Balkan Wars. Biography Gennadis was born in about the year 1858 on the island of Chios when it was still under Ottoman rule. With the rise of nationalism in the Ottoman Empire, he joined the Greek army and the Ethniki Etaireia and proceeded to participate in the Greco-Turkish War as a captain. After the war ended in a Greek defeat, Gennadis was made the inspector of the engineering corps. When the First Balkan War broke out, Gennadis was a colonel as he commanded the Gennadis Detachment which comprised the 1st and 4th Evzone battalions. He commanded the Detachment during the Battle of Sarantaporo and at the Battle of Sorovich. Gennadis also managed to liberate Grevena from Ottoman rule. For this, Gennadis was promoted to major general on October 26, 1912, and took command of the 5th Infantry Division and proceeded to liberate the rest of Western Macedonia. During the Second Balkan War, Gennadis lead the 5th Division at the Battle of Kilkis–Lachanas in June 1913. After the war, he remained with the Division as he was initially