Georgios Grivas, Cypriot general (born 1898)

Georgios Grivas

Greek Cypriot army officer and resistance fighter

Georgios Grivas, also known by his nickname Digenis, was a Greek Cypriot officer of the Hellenic Army and founder and leader of the Greek and Greek Cypriot paramilitary organisations Organization X (1942–1949), EOKA (1955–1959) and EOKA B (1971–1974). He was also the…