Georgios Bakos
Γεώργιος Μπάκος
Minister of National Defense ofGreece
In office 30 April 1941 – 7 April 1943
Prime Minister	Georgios Tsolakoglou Konstantinos Logothetopoulos
Preceded by	Theodoros Panagakos
Succeeded by	Ioannis Rallis
Personal details
Born	Georgios Bakos c. 1892 Athens,Kingdom of Greece
Died	6 January 1945 (aged 52)
Military service
Allegiance	Kingdom of Greece Second Hellenic Republic Hellenic State
Branch/service	Hellenic Army
Years of service	1912–1943
Rank	Major general
Battles/wars	Balkan Wars Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922) World War II Greco-Italian War Battle of Greece

Georgios Bakos (Greek:Γεώργιος Μπάκος, 1892–1945) was aHellenic Army major general and leading collaborationist withNazi Germany during theAxis occupation of Greece.

Born inAthens in 1892, Bakos became a career officer of theartillery and fought in theBalkan Wars of 1912–1913 and in theAsia Minor Campaign in 1920–1922.^[1] As a major general, he commanded the3rd Infantry Division in theGreco-Italian War of 1940–41.

After theGerman invasion of Greece and the Hellenic Army's capitulation, he served as Minister of National Defence in thecollaborationist government set up by Lieutenant GeneralGeorgios Tsolakoglou on 30 April 1941, and retained the post under Tsolakoglou's successor,Konstantinos Logothetopoulos, until the Logothetopoulos cabinet resigned on 7 April 1943.^[2] An ardent Germanophile and anti-communist, who remained convinced of Germany's ultimate victory even after the German defeats in theEastern Front andNorth Africa in 1942,^[3] Bakos helped in the formation of the national-socialistESPO organization.^[4] In late 1941 he tried, without success, to raise a Greek volunteer unit (a "Blue-and-White Division",Κυανόλευκος Μεραρχία) to fight along the GermanWehrmacht in the Eastern Front. This failed due to lack of enthusiasm even among the collaborationist government—where it was supported only by the likewise ardently Germanophile Logothetopoulos andSotirios Gotzamanis—as well as the refusal of the organizations representing the disbandedHellenic Army's officer corps and reservist associations to participate.^[3]

After the country's liberation, he was arrested and placed in Averof prison in Athens waiting trial. During theDekemvriana events, a group ofEAM-ELAS guerrillas under officerStavros Mavrothalassitis attacked the prison. Bakos was taken prisoner and after a court-martial was executed as a traitor on 6 January 1945.

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