Panagiotis Danglis
| Panagiotis Danglis Παναγιώτης Δαγκλής |
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Panagiotis Danglis in the 1910s
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| Born | 1853 Agrinio, Aetolia-Acarnania |
| Died | 9 March 1924 (aged 70–71) Athens, Greece |
| Allegiance |
 Kingdom of Greece
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| Service/branch | Hellenic Army |
| Years of service | 1878–1920 |
| Rank |
 Lieutenant General
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| Battles/wars |
Greco-Turkish War Balkan Wars World War I |
| Awards | Order of the Redeemer, Grand Commander |
Panagiotis Danglis (Greek: Παναγιώτης Δαγκλής; 1853 – 9 March 1924) was a Greek Army general and politician. He is particularly notable for his invention of the Schneider-Danglis mountain gun, his service as chief of staff in the Balkan Wars and his participation in the Triumvirate of the Provisional Government of National Defence during World War I.
Panagiotis Danglis was born in Agrinio in 1853, the son of Major General Georgios Danglis (1809–1896).
He entered the Hellenic Army Academy and graduated on 8 February 1878 top of his class, being commissioned as a Second Lieutenant of Artillery. Promoted to Lieutenant in 1880 and Captain in 1883, he went for a year in Belgium for further studies, and on his return was appointed adjutant to Brigadier Victor Vosseur, the head of the 1884–87 French military mission, which had been tasked with modernizing the Greek Army. Danglis subsequently served in an artillery regiment and taught at the Army Academy as Artillery instructor. He was promoted to Major in 1892, and in the next year invented the Schneider-Danglis mountain gun. During the Greco-Turkish War of 1897 he served as chief of staff of I Brigade in the Army of Epirus, and fought at the Battle of Gribovo.
A Lieutenant Colonel since 1902, he was transferred to the newly founded General Staff Corps in 1904. Promoted to Colonel in 1907, he participated in the last stages of the Macedonian Struggle in 1908, supervising operations for the "Macedonian Committee" in the Salonica area under the nom de guerre of Parmenion. Following the 1909 Goudi coup, the General Staff Corps was disbanded and Danglis returned to the Artillery, serving as commander of the Army Academy (1910), the 1st Infantry Division, the Greek Gendarmerie, and the 2nd Infantry Division (1911).
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