The Greek soldier who terrified the Nazis, a tragic heroic story

The true story of Dimitrios Itsios – the man who made the entire German army open fire in revenge. A heroic symbol of Greek courage and national pride.

The story of Dimitrios Itsios is legendary. As a sergeant in the Greek army, Itsios fought in World War II to defend his homeland from the Nazi invasion. He killed 232 Nazi soldiers in the process. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.

Born in 1906 in the village of Ano Poroia in Macedonia, then part of the Ottoman Empire, Itsios's childhood was filled with war. During World War I (1914-1918), Itsios's village was occupied by Bulgarian troops. After the war, peace was restored throughout the region. Photo: Public Domain.

As an adult, Itsios married a girl from his village, Anna K. Nanopoulou. The couple had two children. In the late 1930s, Greece began building a series of fortifications along its mountainous northern border, known as the Metaxas Line, to defend against war with Bulgaria. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.

When World War II broke out in 1939, the fortifications along the Metaxas Line were still unfinished. Even when the Germans marched into Greece in April 1941, the construction of the Metaxas Line was still in progress. One reason was that Greece had been fighting Italian forces since October 1940. Photo: Protothema.gr.

When the Nazis began their invasion of Greece on April 6, 1941, Sergeant Itsios was commanding a five-man combat crew at a location along the Metaxas Line. As a sergeant, he was tasked with providing fire support to the Greek army. Photo: Facebook.

However, Sergeant Itsios decided to stand up to the Germans. When faced with a large Nazi force, Sergeant Itsios and his comrades fired about 33,000 rounds into the enemy. They killed 232 Nazi soldiers. Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Protothema.gr.

After running out of ammunition, Sergeant Itsios ordered his comrades to retreat to safety. Two of his comrades decided to stay and fight with Mr. Itsios to the last breath. Lieutenant Itsios and his two comrades were later captured by the Nazis. Photo: greekcitytimes.

During interrogation by Nazi General Ferdinand Schörner, Sergeant Itsios confessed that he was the commander of a small Greek unit and had caused heavy casualties among the Germans. Therefore, General Schörner ordered Itsios's execution. Photo: greekcitytimes.

Sergeant Itsios's brave fighting example in the fight against the Nazis became a Greek hero in World War II, remembered by posterity. Photo: exploringgreece.tv.

Readers are invited to watch the video : About 800,000 tons of bombs and ammunition left over from the war. Source: THĐT1.

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