Epameinondas Kavvadias

Epameinondas Kavvadias (Greek: Επαμεινώνδας Καββαδίας, 1886–1965) was a Greek admiral who served thrice as Chief of the Navy General Staff and led the Greek fleet in the first years of World War II.

Life

Born in Athens in 1886 to a family hailing from Cephalonia, Kavvadias entered the Hellenic Naval Academy in 1902 and graduated in 1906, and served in the Royal Hellenic Navy in the Balkan Wars as a Sub-lieutenant in the destroyer Nafkratousa. During the Asia Minor Campaign, he commanded the destroyers Thyella and Niki. He was dismissed from the Navy in 1922, dollowing the September 1922 Revolution, due to his royalist convictions, but reinstated by the Theodoros Pangalos dictatorship in 1925.

As Captain, he served his first tenure as Chief of the Navy General Staff in 1933–1934. In 1935 he was appointed to the post of Commander of the submarine fleet, and served again for a short period at the head of the Navy General Staff in December 1936 – January 1937. He subsequently served as Chief of the Royal Naval Base at Salamis until 1939, including another short term at the head of the General Staff in August–September 1938. Promoted to Rear Admiral in the meantime, in September 1939 he was appointed Chief of the Fleet Command. He led the operations of the Greek fleet during the Greco-Italian War of 1940–1941, and following the German invasion of Greece in April 1941, led the fleet to its exile in the British-held Middle East. He remained Chief of the Fleet until 2 May 1942, when he was appointed Vice Minister of Naval Affairs in the Greek government in exile, a post he held until 25 March 1943. In 1946, he was sent to London as naval attaché. In 1950, he published his war memoirs under the title The naval war of 1940 as I experienced it ("Ο ναυτικός πόλεμος του 1940 όπως τον έζησα").

He died in Athens on 10 April 1965.^[1]

Honours

Among other Greek and foreign medals, Kavvadias received:

Commander's Cross of the Cross of Valour (1 July 1947), Greece's highest military award, for his overall leadership of the fleet in World War II^[1]
Medal for Outstanding Acts (31 August 1946), for his role in the reorganization of the fleet in exile^[1]
War Cross 1st Class (31 August 1946), for the Greco-Italian War^[1]
War Cross 2nd Class (14 September 1944), for the Navy's evacuation in April 1941^[1]
War Cross 2nd Class (27 October 1941), for the Greco-Italian War^[1]
Cross of Valour in Gold (25 February 1922), for the Asia Minor Campaign^[1]

He was also named honorary aide de camp to King Paul in 1947, and Honorary Chief of the Fleet in 1963.^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Διατελέσαντες Αρχηγοί ΓΕΝ: Καββαδίας, Επαμεινώνδας" (in Greek). Hellenic Navy. Retrieved 10 May 2015.

Sources

Rear Adm. D. Giakoumakis. Αντιναύαρχος Αλεξ. Σακελαρίου (1887-1982) - Αντιναύαρχος Επαμ. Καββαδίας (1886-1965). Μαχητές του Χρέους και της Θυσίας (Βίοι παράλληλοι). Union of Retired Hellenic Navy Officers official website (in Greek). Archived from the original on 12 February 2005. Retrieved 24 April 2012.

Military offices
Preceded by Rear Admiral Periklis Dimoulis	Chief of the Navy General Staff 23 August 1933 – 17 July 1934	Succeeded by Rear Admiral Periklis Dimoulis
Preceded by Vice Admiral Dimitrios Oikonomou	Chief of the Navy General Staff 19 December 1936 – 12 January 1937	Succeeded by Rear Admiral Alexandros Sakellariou
Preceded by Rear Admiral Alexandros Sakellariou	Chief of the Navy General Staff 13 August – 17 September 1938	Succeeded by Rear Admiral Alexandros Sakellariou

Chiefs of the Hellenic Navy General Staff

G. Kountouriotis Sachtouris Ginis P. Kountouriotis Matthaiopoulos Papachristos Dousmanis Kakoulidis Papachristos Ipitis Malikopoulos Dousmanis Gerontas Gonatas Loprestis Gonatas Louis Demestichas Louis Demestichas Typaldos Malikopoulos Panas Louis Dimoulis Demestichas Louis Dimoulis Kavvadias Dimoulis Oikonomou Kavvadias Sakellariou Kavvadias Sakellariou Delagrammatikas Voulgaris Mezeviris Leontopoulos Mezeviris Antonopoulos Konstas Lappas Tsatsos Panagiotopoulos Kiosses Avgeris Engolfopoulos Dedes Pervainas Margaritis Arapakis Engolfopoulos Mourikis Konofaos Kapetos Pappas Vasilikopoulos Lagaras Drikas Stagas Paliogiorgos Ioannidis Theodoroulakis Antoniadis Gousis Karamalikis Elefsiniotis Christidis Apostolakis Giakoumakis

Greece during World War II

1940–41 Balkan Campaign	Occupation and Resistance		Greek government-in-exile

Greco-Italian War Battles Pindus Elaia–Kalamas Korytsa/Korcë Saranda Morava–Ivan Himara Klisura Pass Trebeshina Italian Spring Offensive Hill 731 Commanders Greece Ioannis Metaxas Alexander Papagos Charalambos Katsimitros Konstantinos Davakis Ioannis Pitsikas Dimitrios Papadopoulos Georgios Kosmas Italy Benito Mussolini Sebastiano Visconti Prasca Ubaldo Soddu Ugo Cavallero Carlo Geloso German invasion Battles Metaxas Line Vevi Kleisoura Pass Thermopylae Crete Commanders Greece Alexander Papagos Georgios Tsolakoglou British Empire & Commonwealth Henry Maitland Wilson Thomas Blamey Bernard Freyberg Germany Wilhelm List Kurt Student	Occupying powers Authorities/People Germany Günther Altenburg Hermann Neubacher Walter Schimana Alexander Löhr Hellmuth Felmy Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller Alexander Andrae Bruno Bräuer Max Merten Italy Angelico Carta Pellegrino Ghigi Carlo Geloso Piero Parini Bulgaria Andon Kalchev Atrocities Kondomari Kandanos Alikianos Doxato Kommeno Kalavryta Lyngiades Distomo Domenikon Drakeia Cephalonia Mesovouno Pyrgoi Viannos Kedros Kleisoura Haidari concentration camp 200 of Kaisariani Chortiatis The Holocaust in Greece Great Famine Collaborators People Georgios Tsolakoglou K. Logothetopoulos Ioannis Rallis Georgios Poulos George S. Mercouris Ioannis Plytzanopoulos Sotirios Gotzamanis Organizations Collaborationist government Security Battalions ESPO EEE Greek National Socialist Party Secessionists Vlach "Roman Legion" Ohrana Cham collaboration (Këshilla) Atrocities Paramythia Kaisariani Kokkinia	National Liberation Front (EAM) People Aris Velouchiotis Stefanos Sarafis Andreas Tzimas Georgios Siantos Alexandros Svolos Ilias Tsirimokos Markos Vafiades Organizations KKE SKE ELD ELAS ELAN EPON PEEA & National Council E.A. OPLA SNOF Operations Drama Uprising Ryka Mikro Chorio Gorgopotamos Bridge Fardykambos Sarantaporo Porta Pinerolo disarmament Steiri Agorelitsa Atrocities Feneos 5/42 dissolution Meligalas Non-EAM Resistance People Napoleon Zervas Georgios Kartalis Dimitrios Psarros Komninos Pyromaglou Kostas Perrikos Vasileios Sachinis Georgios Petrakis Organizations EDES EKKA YVE/PAO PEAN EOK E.S. MAVI Other Operations ESPO bombing Gorgopotamos Bridge Agia Kyriaki Milia Skala Paramythias Xirovouni Menina Dodona Atrocities Expulsion of Cham Albanians British Mission in Greece (SOE) People Eddie Myers Chris Woodhouse Patrick Leigh Fermor Bill Stanley Moss Jerzy Iwanow-Szajnowicz Operations Operation "Albumen" Gorgopotamos Bridge Operation "Animals" Asopos Bridge Kidnap of Heinrich Kreipe Damasta sabotage	Events El Alamein Dodecanese Campaign April 1944 mutiny Battle of Rimini People King George II Emmanouil Tsouderos Sofoklis Venizelos Panagiotis Kanellopoulos Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos Pafsanias Katsotas Notable units 3rd Mountain Brigade Sacred Band Vasilissa Olga Adrias Katsonis Papanikolis 13th Squadron 335th Squadron 336th Squadron Toward the Civil War Events National Bands Agreement Plaka agreement Lebanon conference Caserta agreement Percentages agreement Dekemvriana Treaty of Varkiza People Georgios Papandreou Ronald Scobie Archbishop Damaskinos Georgios Grivas Angelos Evert Nikos Zachariadis

Recipients of the Commander's Cross of the Cross of Valour

Individuals	Constantine I of Greece George II of Greece Paul of Greece Epameinondas Kavvadias Pavlos Kountouriotis Alexandros Papagos Anastasios Papoulas Alexandros Sakellariou Konstantinos Ventiris Petros Voulgaris

Units	1st Infantry Regiment 2nd Infantry Regiment (twice) 3rd Infantry Regiment (twice) 4th Infantry Regiment 5th Infantry Regiment 6th Infantry Regiment (twice) 7th Infantry Regiment 8th Infantry Regiment 9th Infantry Regiment 11th Infantry Regiment 12th Infantry Regiment 14th Infantry Regiment (twice) 16th Infantry Regiment 17th Infantry Regiment 19th Infantry Regiment 20th Infantry Regiment 21st Infantry Regiment 22nd Infantry Regiment 23rd Infantry Regiment 25th Infantry Regiment 26th Infantry Regiment 27th Infantry Regiment 28th Infantry Regiment 30th Infantry Regiment 33rd Infantry Regiment 34th Infantry Regiment (twice) 35th Infantry Regiment 37th Infantry Regiment 1/38 Evzone Regiment 2/39 Evzone Regiment (twice) 3/40 Evzone Regiment 41st Infantry Regiment 5/42 Evzone Regiment (twice) 43rd Infantry Regiment 44th Infantry Regiment 45th Infantry Regiment 46th Infantry Regiment 1st, 2nd, 3rd Bts of 3rd Mountain Brigade Greek Reinforced Battalion in Korea Hellenic Air Force Academy Hellenic Army Academy Hellenic Naval Academy Sacred Band

Recipients are in alphabetical, not chronological, order

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