Ioannis Kotoulas

Antgos Ioannis Kotoulas (Greek: Αντγος Ιωάννης Κωτούλας, romanized: Antgos Ioannis Kotoúlas, May 16, 1883 - December 7, 1967[1][2]) was a Greek lieutenant general.

Ioannis Kotoulas as a Lieutenant General, photograph taken sometime between 1935 and 1938.

Ioannis Kotoulas was born in Gralista (today Ellinopyrgos) in Karditsa Prefecture in 1883. He entered the Hellenic Army's NCO School in 1903, and graduated as a second lieutenant in 1909.[3] He fought in the Balkan Wars of 1912–13, World War I, and the Allied intervention in Ukraine.[3] During the Asia Minor Campaign he commanded the 4th, 7th and 14th Infantry Regiments He particularly distinguished himself during the Greek retreat in August 1922, where he managed to lead his column to safety from Ali Veran to Takmak.[3] In 1923 he was promoted to colonel, and went on to higher studies in France in 1925.[3]

In 1941, he was recalled to active service[3] to assume command of the newly formed Central Macedonia Army Section, composed of the 12th and 20th Divisions. He was replaced in command of the formation by Major General Christos Karassos on 8 April 1941.[4] He died in 1967.[3]

References
  1. "Αντγος Ιωάννης Κωτούλας | Σχολή Μονίμων Υπαξιωματικών". smy.army.gr. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
  2. "Biography of Lieutenant-General Ioannis Kotoulas - (Ιωάννης Κοτούλας) (1883 – 1967), Greece". www.generals.dk. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
  3. "Αντγος Ιωάννης Κωτούλας" (in Greek). Hellenic Army Professional NCO Academy. 12 October 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  4. An Abridged History of the Greek-Italian and Greek-German War, 1940-1941: (land Operations). Hellenic Army General Staff, Army History Directorate. 1997. pp. 184, 299. ISBN 978-960-7897-01-5.
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