Dimitrios Psarros

Dimitrios Psarros Δημήτριος Ψαρρός
Born	1893
Died	1944
Organization	National and Social Liberation
Political party	Party of Liberals

Dimitrios Psarros (Greek: Δημήτριος Ψαρρός, 1893 – April 17, 1944) was a Greek army officer and resistance leader. He was the founder and leader of the resistance group National and Social Liberation (Greek: Εθνική και Κοινωνική Απελευθέρωσις, EKKA), the third-most significant organization of the Greek Resistance movement after the National Liberation Front (EAM) and the National Republican Greek League (EDES).

Psarros was born in 1893 in the village of Chryso, in the province of Parnassida, Phocis. He attended the Greek Army Academy, and in 1916 he graduated as Second Lieutenant of Artillery.

Psarros first saw action in the Balkan Wars as a volunteer, while still being a cadet in the Army Academy. In 1916 he joined the Venizelist National Defence government and fought in the Macedonian front of World War I, the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War (in Crimea) as a Captain, where he was injured and the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922) where, thanks to his bravery, his men were able to pass into Greece from Asia Minor without many casualties. Before the war with the Turks, he was sent to France for superior war studies and after his return of Asia Minor he served in the staff of the Army of Evros, which played a critical role to Greek strategy and politics during these years. Subsequently he taught in the newly created Greek War Academy. Later, he was among the organizers of the new Ministry of Aviation and served as Chief of Staff of an Army division.

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