Hellenic Navy Officers: Nikolaos Roussen, Mark Kerr, Athanasios N. Miaoulis, Ioannis A. Miaoulis, Andreas A. Miaoulis, Miltiadis Iatridis - Tapa blanda

Chapters: Nikolaos Roussen, Mark Kerr, Athanasios N. Miaoulis, Ioannis A. Miaoulis, Andreas A. Miaoulis, Miltiadis Iatridis, Emmanouil A. Miaoulis, Andreas Miaoulis, Nikolaos Miaoulis, Ioannis Miaoulis, Emmanouil Miaoulis, Elias Degiannis. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 34. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Nikolaos Roussen (Greek: , 1913-1944) was a Greek naval officer who distinguished himself during World War II. He served in the two most successful Greek submarines of the war as executive officer and captain. He died during the suppression of the Navy mutiny in April 1944. Roussen was born in Athens on 25 April 1913. After completing his studies in the Hellenic Naval Academy in 1929-1933, he was commissioned as Ensign. His first command was the torpedo boat Doris (1936-1937). He was subsequently promoted to Sub-Lieutenant and entered the Submarine School. During the Greco-Italian War, he served in the submarine Katsonis. In December 1940, he was promoted to Lieutenant. Following the German invasion and capitulation of the Army, the surviving ships of the fleet fled to Alexandria in Egypt. In the Middle East, he served aboard the cruiser Averof before returning to the Katsonis as its XO. On 10 October 1942, Roussen was assigned as captain of Katsonis' sister vessel, the submarine Papanikolis. With this vessel, Roussen operated in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Aegean Sea, scoring a number of successes. On 30 November, Papanikolis successfully ambushed and sank a 8,000-ton cargo vessel at the Alimnia islet, near Rhodes, and on subsequent patrols in January, March and May, she captured two large schooners and sank further five. In early 1944, political tensions grew both in occupied Greece and in the Greek Armed Forces in the Middle East. As liberation drew nearer, the simme...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=21309025