# Georgios Tombras

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Greek military officer

Georgios Tombras Tombras during the Macedonian Struggle. Native name Γεώργιος Τόμπρας Nickname Kapetan Roupakias (Καπετάν Ρουπακιάς) Born (1878-01-01)1 January 1878 Kydonies, Bursa Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (now Republic of Turkey Died 20 April 1963(1963-04-20) (aged 85) Chalandri, Kingdom of Greece Allegiance Kingdom of Greece Branch Hellenic Army Service years 1897–1913 Rank Lieutenant Conflicts Macedonian Struggle Balkan Wars First Balkan War Second Balkan War Other work Pharmacist

**Georgios Tombras** ([Greek](/source/Greek_language): Γεώργιος Τόμπρας) was a Greek military officer who became a [guerrilla](/source/Guerrilla) leader in the [Macedonian Struggle](/source/Macedonian_Struggle) in the early 20th century under the *[nom de guerre](/source/Nom_de_guerre)* **Roupakias** (Ρουπακιάς).

## Biography

Georgios Tombras was born in the then mostly Greek-speaking Asia Minor city of [Kydonies](/source/Ayval%C4%B1k) (also known as Aivali, present-day Ayvalık). He was commissioned a lieutenant and served in the Greek Army as a [pharmacist](/source/Pharmacist). He went to Macedonia in 1905 as a secretary in the detachment of [Stavros Rigas](/source/Stavros_Rigas) ("Captain Kavodoros"),[1] later he was with rebel [Georgios Katechakis](/source/Georgios_Katechakis) ("Captain Rouvas") in [Kastoria](/source/Kastoria). In September 1906 he was the lieutenant of [Konstantinos Saros](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Konstantinos_Saros&action=edit&redlink=1) during the fighting at [Giannitsa Lake](/source/Giannitsa_Lake). Later that year he returned to Greece, according to sources, after entering into a serious dispute with Saros.[2]

After his furlough, he returned to Macedonia, this time active in the [Nestorio](/source/Nestorio) sector. He cooperated with [Stefos Grigoriou](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stefos_Grigoriou&action=edit&redlink=1), and along with the guerrilla bands of [Ioannis Terzis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ioannis_Terzis&action=edit&redlink=1) and [Nikolaos Platanias](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nikolaos_Platanias&action=edit&redlink=1) ("Captain Lachtaras") gave battle on 3 July 1907 against a detachment of [IMRO](/source/IMRO), in which the Bulgarian chieftain [[Atanas Krshakov]] was killed.[3] During the [Balkan Wars](/source/Balkan_Wars) (1912–1913) he operated for a year in Western Macedonia as the lieutenant of [Georgios Katechakis](/source/Georgios_Katechakis),[4] taking part in one of the so-called First Battle of [Nicopolis](/source/Nicopolis) (known by its ancient name) in the area of [Preveza](/source/Preveza) in [Epirus](/source/Epirus). The main action occurred on 19 October 1912, after Greek troops began marshalling on the 16th, prefatory to Greece's declaration of war on the 17th. Tombras as a lieutenant led the centre of the Greek line in support of Captain Katechakis and 2nd Lieutenant Zoudianos who advanced in a [pincer movement](/source/Pincer_movement) backed by a number of Greek volunteer corps under various leaders while, [counter-battery fire](/source/Counter-battery_fire) under a Lieutenant Khavikis suppressed the Turkish [artillery](/source/Artillery), much of which was later captured, along with other equipment The main battle lasted ten hours.[5]

In November 1912, one Georgios Tombras *alias* "*Polyhniatis*" joined others in sending a letter detailing the state of Turkish defences at [Moudros](/source/Moudros) that led to the [Hellenic Navy](/source/Hellenic_Navy) taking part in the Liberation of Lemnos (the annexation of the Greek-speaking island by the [Kingdom of Greece](/source/Kingdom_of_Greece)) under [Pavlos Kountouriotis](/source/Pavlos_Kountouriotis). It is not clear whether this Georgios Tombras was the same person as the *makedonomahos* fighter, whether he was a spy for the Greek military, or what other role, if any, he played in the subsequent fighting.[6]

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## References

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** г., в: Военноисторически сборник, бр.4, 2011, стр.48

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Силянов, Христо. Освободителните борби на Македония, том II, фототипно изд. "Наука и Изкуство", София, 1983, стр.189.](http://www.promacedonia.org/obm2/16b.html#182_2)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Αρχείο Διεύθυνσης Εφέδρων Πολεμιστών Αγωνιστών Θυμάτων Αναπήρων (ΔΕΠΑΘΑ), Αρχείο Μακεδονικού Αγώνα, φ. Τ-432

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Ioannis S. Koliopoulos (ed.), Αφανείς, γηγενείς Μακεδονομάχοι, Εταιρεία Μακεδονικών Σπουδών, University Studio Press, Thessaloniki, 2008, p. 78

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Geōrgios B. Tsokopoulos, *Historia tou hellēnotourkikou polemou, 1912–1913*, Volume 1, Atlantis, Inc.: New York, pp.225–28 (in [Greek](/source/Greek_language)) available at: [\[1\]](https://books.google.com/books?id=Ag5BAAAAYAAJ&q=%CE%A4%CE%BF%CE%BC%CF%80%CF%81%CE%B1%CF%82&pg=PA226)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** "Μέλιας", "Η απελευθέρωση της Λέσβου( 8 Νοεμβρίου 1912)", *ΑΒΕΡΩΦ Διαδικτυακό Θωρηκτό* (*AVEROFF: The Battleship Website*; in Greek [\[2\]](https://averoph.wordpress.com/2014/11/08/%CE%B7-%CE%B1%CF%80%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%B5%CF%85%CE%B8%CE%AD%CF%81%CF%89%CF%83%CE%B7-%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82-%CE%BB%CE%AD%CF%83%CE%B2%CE%BF%CF%85-8-%CE%BD%CE%BF%CE%B5%CE%BC%CE%B2%CF%81%CE%AF%CE%BF%CF%85-1912/)), retrieved July 3, 2015

v t e Hellenic Macedonian Committee Macedonian Committee Ion Dragoumis Stefanos Dragoumis Dimitrios Kalapothakis Germanos Karavangelis Pavlos Melas Georgios Pentzikis Makedonomachoi (with nom de guerre) Theodoros Adam Sarantis-Tellos Agapinos (Agras) Michail Anagnostakos (Matapas) Charalambos Boufidis (Fourtounas) Theodoros Boulasikis Ioannis Boubaras Antigonos Choleris Petros Christou Konstantinos Christou (Kottas) Nikolaos Dailakis Panagiotis Danglis (Parmenion) Stergios Daoutis (Perifanos) Nikolaos Davelis Ioannis Demertzis Ioannis Demestichas (Nikiforos) Christos Dogiamas (Itsos) Dimitrios Dogiamas (Bikas) Lazos Dogiamas (Barovitsalis) Konstantinos Dogras Georgios Doitsinis Nikolaos Doumpiotis (Amyntas) Periklis Drakos Ioannis Evaggelopoulos Doukas Gaitatzis (Zervas) Konstantinos Garefis Dimitrios Golnas Nikolaos Gousios Stergios Goutas Pavlos Gyparis Petros Hatzitasis Simos Ioannidis (Armenskiotis) Georgios Kakoulidis (Dragas) Nikostratos Kalomenopoulos (Nidas) Pantelis Kandilas Efthymios Kaoudis (Old Kaoudis) Filippos Kapetanopoulos Georgios Karaiskakis Ioannis Karavitis Georgios Katechakis (Rouvas) Dimitrios Kechagias (Dalipis) Nikolaos Kollias Georgios Kondylis Alexandros Kontoulis (Skourtis) Stavros Kotsopoulos (Banitsiotis) Evangelos Koukoudeas Theodoros Koukoulakis Georgios Koutles Pavlos Kyrou Dimitrios Lalas Georgios Lepidatos (Arkoudas) Traianos Liantzakis (Traikos) Nikolaos Manos Konstantinos Manos (Michailidis) Petros Manos (Vergos) Ioannis Martzios Apostolis Matopoulos Konstantinos Mazarakis-Ainian (Akritas) Pavlos Melas (Mikis Zezas) Alexandros Merentitis (Doukas) Georgios Modis Evangelos Natsis (Srebreniotis) Pavlos Nikolaidis (Rakovitis) Alexandros Othonaios (Palamidis) Markos Palamidis Pantelis Papaioannou (Nikotsaras) Konstantinos Papastavrou (Mavromatis) Iraklis Patikas Filolaos Pichion (Filotas) Nikolaos Pyrzas (Lakis) Stavros Rigas (Kavodoros) Nikolaos Rokas (Kolios) Michail Sapkas Dimitrios Sarros Georgios Savvas Georgios Seridis (Spanos) Ioannis Simanikas Michael Sionidis Konstantinos Sorros (Kallas) Georgios Soulios Spyros Spyromilios (Bouas) Dimitrios Stagas (Mizas) Athanasios Stavroudis Christos Stogiannidis (Lilis or Iason) Markos Theodoridis Georgios Thomopoulos (Gogos) Georgios Tombras (Roupakias) Ioannis Tsangaridis Lazaros Tsamis Dimitrios Tsapanos Nikolaos Tsipouras Dimitrios Tsitsimis Christos Tsolakopoulos (Rembelos) Georgios Tsontos (Vardas) Lazaros Varzis (Zarkadas) Zisis Verros Ioannis Villioglou (Ramnalis) Stergios Vlachveis Argyrios Vouzas Zisis Vrakas Georgios Yiotas (Gonos) Antonios Zois Consular officials & undercover agents Ion Dragoumis Athanasios Exadaktylos (Antoniou) Lambros Koromilas Spyridon Levidis Alexandros Mazarakis-Ainian (Ioannidis) Anastasios Pichion Ptolemaios Sarigiannis (Kalamidis) Museums Museum for the Macedonian Struggle (Thessaloniki) Museum of the Macedonian Struggle (Kastoria) Museum of the Macedonian Struggle (Chromio) Museum of the Macedonian Struggle (Skopje) Folklore Museum of Giannitsa Pavlos Melas Museum Captain Kottas Museum

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