{{Infobox Soldier | name = Nikolaos Manos | native_name = Νικόλαος Μάνος | image = Νικόλαος Μάνος.jpg | caption = Manos during the [[Macedonian Struggle]]. | birth_date = {{circa}} late 1800s | birth_place = Balkameni [[Monastir Vilayet]], [[Ottoman Empire]] {{small|(now [[Drosopigi, Florina|Drosopigi]], [[Greece]])}} | allegiance = [[File:State Flag of Greece (1863-1924 and 1935-1973).svg|25px]] [[Kingdom of Greece]] | branch = {{army|Greece}} | unit = [[5th Infantry Division (Greece)|5th Infantry Division]] | battles = {{tree list}} *[[Macedonian Struggle]] *[[Balkan Wars]] **[[First Balkan War]] {{tree list/end}} }}
'''Nikolaos Manos''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Νικόλαος Μάνος) was a significant [[Greeks|Greek]] chieftain of the [[Macedonian Struggle]].
== Biography == Manos was born in the late 19th century in Belkameni (now [[Drosopigi, Florina|Drosopigi]]) of [[Florina (regional unit)|Florina]]. He acted as a messenger, guide and a soldier in various armed groups operating in the area of Florina, from April 1905 to November 1907. Following the suggestion of Nikolaos Andrianakis, he set up his own armed group and became its leader. His group gave many battles against [[Bulgarians|Bulgarian]] [[komitadji]]s. He also assassinated a high-ranked [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] official in Neveska (now [[Nymfaio]]), Zenel Bey. He was arrested by the Ottoman authorities in April 1910 and imprisoned in [[Bodrum]]. He was released in the same year (even though he was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment), as [[Mehmed V]] gave amnesty to those who had been convicted for political crimes. He returned to his home town and continued his armed action. He assassinated Drosopigi's president, S. Mihalalezis as a pro-[[Romania|Romanian]] agent, spreading propaganda to [[Greeks|Greek]] and [[Aromanians|Aromanian]] populations, as well as a partner of the Ottomans in many cases, expelling the Greeks of the village.
In 1912 Manos was forced to flee to [[Larissa|Larisa]]. He returned to the region, with his own armed group during the [[First Balkan War]]. His team acted in the regions of [[Kastoria (regional unit)|Kastoria]] and [[Florina (regional unit)|Florina]] throughout the First Balkan War, fighting against the Ottoman troops. He also undertook several missions assigned to him by the [[5th Infantry Division (Greece)|5th Infantry Division]].
== Sources == * Αρχείο Διεύθυνσης Εφέδρων Πολεμιστών Αγωνιστών Θυμάτων Αναπήρων (ΔΕΠΑΘΑ), Αρχείο Μακεδονικού Αγώνα, φ. Μ-542 * [[John S. Koliopoulos]] (editor), Αφανείς, γηγενείς Μακεδονομάχοι, Εταιρεία Μακεδονικών Σπουδών, University Studio Press, Thessaloniki, 2008, p. 167-168
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