{"id":64179,"date":"2023-10-27T09:00:44","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T06:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exploringgreece.tv\/greece\/sergeant-itsios-a-legendary-personality-and-the-historic-battle-with-33000-bullets\/64179\/"},"modified":"2023-11-05T22:07:46","modified_gmt":"2023-11-05T20:07:46","slug":"sergeant-itsios-a-legendary-personality-and-the-historic-battle-with-33000-bullets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exploringgreece.tv\/en\/greece\/sergeant-itsios-a-legendary-personality-and-the-historic-battle-with-33000-bullets\/64179\/","title":{"rendered":"Sergeant Itsios: A legendary personality and the historic battle with 33,000 bullets"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content\" tabindex=\"0\">\n<div class=\"ac-container ac-adaptiveCard\">\n<div class=\"ac-textBlock\">\n<p>Sergeant <strong>Dimitris Itsios<\/strong> is a legendary figure from the 1940s war, specifically World War II, which took place on Greek soil. His story stands out among the many tales of heroism displayed by Greek soldiers in the forts. These soldiers demonstrated their courage in numerous heroic battles, fighting valiantly until the very end on the battlefield. In 1941, Sergeant Itsios was one of those who bravely resisted the German invaders. His story is indeed special.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/exploringgreece.tv\/en\/greece\/fort-roupel-the-legendary-monument-symbol-of-the-struggle-of-the-greeks-in-the-epic-of-the-40s\/64206\/\">Fort Roupel: The legendary monument \u2013 a symbol of the struggle of the Greeks in the epic of the \u201940s<\/a><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"justify\"><b>Dimitris Itsios: The sergeant who became a legend<\/b><\/h2>\n<div class=\"content\" tabindex=\"0\">\n<div class=\"ac-container ac-adaptiveCard\">\n<div class=\"ac-textBlock\">\n<p>Dimitris Itsios, a native of Macedonia, which was under subjugation at the time, was born in 1906. When World War II broke out, he was serving as a reserve Sergeant on a slope of the Belles mountain range, just above the village of Ano Porroia in the Serres prefecture. This location was three kilometers away from a beautiful slope. His mission was to maintain resistance at the <strong>machine gun post named P8<\/strong>, which was one of nine machine guns forming the second line of defense. The ensuing \u201cbattle of the forts\u201d on April 6, 1941, would become one of the most glorious battles of the entire war. This battle also marked the moment when Dimitris Itsios\u2019 bravery would be etched into history forever.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"justify\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/exploringgreece.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/world-war-2-5.jpg.webp 1000w, https:\/\/exploringgreece.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/world-war-2-5-300x158.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/exploringgreece.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/world-war-2-5-768x405.jpg.webp 768w, https:\/\/exploringgreece.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/world-war-2-5-750x395.jpg.webp 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64068 webpexpress-processed\" src=\"https:\/\/exploringgreece.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/world-war-2-5.jpg\" alt=\"World War II\" width=\"1000\" height=\"527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exploringgreece.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/world-war-2-5.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/exploringgreece.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/world-war-2-5-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/exploringgreece.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/world-war-2-5-768x405.jpg 768w, https:\/\/exploringgreece.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/world-war-2-5-750x395.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"><\/picture><\/p>\n<div class=\"content\" tabindex=\"0\">\n<div class=\"ac-container ac-adaptiveCard\">\n<div class=\"ac-textBlock\">\n<p>The account of the battle tells us that P8 was the only machine gun that remained operational after the German invaders\u2019 assault. The crews of the other eight machine guns were either killed or captured. The directive was to resist as long as possible to prevent the enemy from crossing the border, after which the forces would retreat. Eventually, Itsios found himself encircled by the Germans. He asked his comrades to retreat, intending to stay behind alone to continue the defense. However, the two soldiers refused to leave and chose to fight alongside him until the end.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"justify\"><b>The fictional end of the battle and Dimitris Itsios<\/b><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_64174\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-64174\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/exploringgreece.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/lochias-itsios.jpg.webp 1000w, https:\/\/exploringgreece.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/lochias-itsios-207x300.jpg.webp 207w, https:\/\/exploringgreece.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/lochias-itsios-705x1024.jpg.webp 705w, https:\/\/exploringgreece.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/lochias-itsios-768x1115.jpg.webp 768w, https:\/\/exploringgreece.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/lochias-itsios-750x1089.jpg.webp 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-64174 size-full webpexpress-processed\" src=\"https:\/\/exploringgreece.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/lochias-itsios.jpg\" alt=\"Sergeant Dimitris Itsios\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exploringgreece.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/lochias-itsios.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/exploringgreece.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/lochias-itsios-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/exploringgreece.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/lochias-itsios-705x1024.jpg 705w, https:\/\/exploringgreece.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/lochias-itsios-768x1115.jpg 768w, https:\/\/exploringgreece.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/lochias-itsios-750x1089.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"><\/picture><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-64174\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sergeant Dimitris Itsios<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"justify\">As per the book \u201c<strong>Roupel<\/strong>\u201d by <strong>Christos Zalokostas<\/strong>, the battle continued until Sergeant Itsios exhausted his ammunition supply. The cost was over 30,000 bullets, which reportedly resulted in the deaths of 250 soldiers, including a lieutenant colonel from the German side. The depletion of their last bullets inevitably led the three men to surrender.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"justify\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/exploringgreece.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/world-war-2-3.jpg.webp 1000w, https:\/\/exploringgreece.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/world-war-2-3-300x200.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/exploringgreece.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/world-war-2-3-768x513.jpg.webp 768w, https:\/\/exploringgreece.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/world-war-2-3-750x501.jpg.webp 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-64062 aligncenter webpexpress-processed\" src=\"https:\/\/exploringgreece.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/world-war-2-3.jpg\" alt=\"B'-World-War II\" width=\"1000\" height=\"668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exploringgreece.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/world-war-2-3.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/exploringgreece.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/world-war-2-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/exploringgreece.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/world-war-2-3-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/exploringgreece.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/world-war-2-3-750x501.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"><\/picture>The Germans approach the fort and after paying their respects to the fighter Ichio, tie him to a tree and then shoot him in the head, thus ending his life. The remaining two soldiers are released alive. This presentation of events, however, fits more into an inflated aspect of reality, which served the needs of fiction for the purposes of the author &#8211; without, of course, diminishing in the least the heroism of the Greek soldiers.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"justify\"><b>The real view of events<\/b><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"justify\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/exploringgreece.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/world-war-2-2.jpg.webp 1000w, https:\/\/exploringgreece.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/world-war-2-2-300x186.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/exploringgreece.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/world-war-2-2-768x475.jpg.webp 768w, https:\/\/exploringgreece.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/world-war-2-2-750x464.jpg.webp 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64064 webpexpress-processed\" src=\"https:\/\/exploringgreece.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/world-war-2-2.jpg\" alt=\"B'-World-War II\" width=\"1000\" height=\"619\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exploringgreece.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/world-war-2-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/exploringgreece.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/world-war-2-2-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/exploringgreece.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/world-war-2-2-768x475.jpg 768w, https:\/\/exploringgreece.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/world-war-2-2-750x464.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"><\/picture><\/p>\n<div class=\"content\" tabindex=\"0\">\n<div class=\"ac-container ac-adaptiveCard\">\n<div class=\"ac-textBlock\">\n<p>Ioannis Kozartsis, a comrade-in-arms of Dimitris Itsios, shed light on the events of that heroic day. In a conversation with Elias Kotridis, as featured on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ww2wrecks.com\/\">ww2recks.com<\/a>, he detailed the progression of the battle. The Germans, heading towards the city of Thessaloniki, descended the mountain slopes in their thousands. Simultaneously, the German Air Force bombarded the Greek fortifications. On the battlefield, a bloodless retreat of the Greeks was demanded. Dimitris Itsios, skeptical of the enemy\u2019s assurances, took Kozartsis\u2019 rifle and confronted the opponents, who shot him. His death was instantaneous.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"justify\"><b><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/exploringgreece.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/world-war-2-4.jpg.webp 1000w, https:\/\/exploringgreece.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/world-war-2-4-300x200.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/exploringgreece.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/world-war-2-4-768x512.jpg.webp 768w, https:\/\/exploringgreece.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/world-war-2-4-750x500.jpg.webp 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64066 webpexpress-processed\" src=\"https:\/\/exploringgreece.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/world-war-2-4.jpg\" alt=\"World War II\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exploringgreece.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/world-war-2-4.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/exploringgreece.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/world-war-2-4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/exploringgreece.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/world-war-2-4-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/exploringgreece.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/world-war-2-4-750x500.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"><\/picture>The tomb and the rendering of honor<\/b><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"justify\">The remains of the legendary fighter were transferred to Ano Porroia by his wife Ichiu a year after the end of the war, while the state awarded him the honorary rank of sergeant. About thirty years later, the bust of the hero appears in the square of the settlement, while at the place of his murder, a commemorative stele was erected in his honor, with the camp of the area being named &#8220;Itsios camp&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"justify\"><strong><span lang=\"el-GR\">Dimitris Itsios <\/span><\/strong><span lang=\"el-GR\">is one of the heroes whose self-sacrifice for his country was of such magnitude that turned him into a legend, even giving birth to stories of bravery that resemble demigods.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMMqapAswjaW8Aw?hl=el&amp;gl=GR&amp;ceid=GR:el\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Travel to Greece \u2013 Google News \u2013 Follow us<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Read also:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/exploringgreece.tv\/en\/greece\/greek-flag-why-is-it-blue-and-white-with-nine-stripes\/64203\/\">Greek flag: Why is it blue and white, with nine stripes?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/exploringgreece.tv\/en\/greece\/fort-lisse-the-pride-of-the-metaxas-line-that-did-not-fall-from-the-nazi-forces\/56308\/\">Fort Lisse: The pride of the \u201cMetaxas Defense Line\u201d that did not fall from the Nazi forces<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/exploringgreece.tv\/en\/athens\/tourist-in-my-own-city\/what-do-the-inscriptions-on-the-monument-of-the-unknown-soldier-mean\/64201\/\">What do the inscriptions on the Monument of the Unknown Soldier mean?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow ExploringGreece.tv on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/exploringgreece\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>\u00a0Instagram<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ExplorinGreece\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Facebook<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sergeant Dimitris Itsios is a legendary figure from the 1940s war, specifically World War II, which took place on Greek soil. 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