{{Short description|Greek revolutionary of the Macedonian Struggle}} {{Infobox Soldier | name = Georgios Thomopoulos | native_name = Γεώργιος Θωμόπουλος | image = George (Gongos) Thomopoulos.png | caption = Georgios Thomopoulos during the Macedonian Struggle. | birth_date = {{circa}} 1866 | death_date = {{circa}} 1952 | birth_place = [[Ritini]], [[Salonika Vilayet]], [[Ottoman Empire]] (now [[Greece]]) | death_place = [[Kingdom of Greece]] | nickname = Kapetan Gogos (Καπετάν Γκόγκος) | allegiance = {{flagicon|Kingdom of Greece|state}} [[Kingdom of Greece]] | branch = * {{flagicon image|Seal of the Greek-Macedonian Committee.jpg}} [[Hellenic Macedonian Committee|HMC]] * {{army|Greece}} | battles = [[Macedonian Struggle]]<br>[[Balkan Wars]] *[[First Balkan War]] *[[Second Balkan War]] | awards = [[Commemorative Medal for the Macedonian Struggle]] }} '''Georgios Thomopoulos''' ({{langx|el|Γεώργιος Θωμόπουλος}}) was a [[Greeks|Greek]] revolutionary of the [[Macedonian Struggle]], known by the ''[[nom de guerre]]'' '''Captain Gogos''' (Καπετάν Γκόγκος).
== Biography == [[Image:Matapas Gogos Stribinos.jpg|thumb|280px|left|The chieftains Georgios Thomopoulos, Nikolaos Strebinos and [[Michail Anagnostakos]] with their armed group.]] Thomopoulos was born in [[Ritini]] of [[Pieria (regional unit)|Pieria]] in about 1866. From the beginning of the [[Macedonian Struggle]] he joined as a soldier in the guerrilla groups that acted in the region. He soon emerged as a chieftain and set up his own armed group, headed and known by the nickname "Captain Gogos."
He acted with his group in the area of [[Mount Olympus]] with the main task of protecting the Greek population from [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] aggression, providing security to the supplies that were directed to [[Macedonia (region)|Macedonia]] by the Greek state, and the suppression of the [[Romania]]n propaganda among the [[Aromanians|Aromanian]] population. He collaborated with chieftain Nikolaos Strebinos, as well as with Nikolaos Rokas, [[Michail Anagnostakos]] and Georgios Frangakos (Maleas).
After the [[Young Turk Revolution]] and the granting of amnesty to the rebels, Thomopoulos was forced to flee with his family which was prosecuted by the Ottoman authorities. He took part as a volunteer with his group in the [[Balkan Wars]].
He died in 1952.
== Sources == * [[John S. Koliopoulos]] (editor), Αφανείς, γηγενείς Μακεδονομάχοι, Εταιρεία Μακεδονικών Σπουδών, University Studio Press, Thessaloniki, 2008, p. 132 * Hellenic Army General Staff, Army History Directorate, Ο Μακεδονικός Αγών και τα εις Θράκην γεγονότα, Athens 1979, p. 294 * Konstantinos A. Vakalopoulos, Ο ένοπλος αγώνας στη Μακεδονία 1904–1908, Irodotos, Thessaloniki, 1999, p. 323, 337 * Αρχείο Διεύθυνσης Εφέδρων Πολεμιστών Αγωνιστών Θυμάτων Αναπήρων (ΔΕΠΑΘΑ), Αρχείο Μακεδονικού Αγώνα, φ. Θ-36
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