526:Η φωτογραφία είναι από την προτομή του Παύλου Κουρούπη, Συνταγματάρχη του Πεζικού, που έπεσε τον Ιούλιο του 1974 στην Κύπρο, μαχόμενος ενάντια στους Τούρκους εισβολείς. Translation: The photo is from the bust of Pavlos Kouroupis, Colonel of the Infantry, who fell in Cyprus in July 1974, battling against the Turkish invaders.
340:, the Greek intelligence service organised a rescue attempt to free Kouroupis and other Greek prisoners at Bolu. During the rescue attempt, fire was exchanged and a Greek intelligence officer was killed. Since that time, the fate of Kouroupis is unknown. To date, the Greek government has not commented on the rescue attempt.
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Turkish forces were being continuously reinforced, Kouroupis ordered his forces to retreat toward Kerynia to defend the city.
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Kouroupis defended the beachhead with the 1st lochos and a support lochos of heavy armaments. The military forces under
Kouroupis command also included officers working at the lochos headquarters, military cooks, and people who had been ordered back to military service. Kouroupis also had a small
406:, took part in a ceremony at the metropolitan cathedral of Kalamata recognising the fallen citizens of Kalamata who were killed defending Cyprus during the conflict in 1974. During the eulogy, the municipality of Aglantzia announced the naming of one of its streets in honour of Pavlos Kouroupis.
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Kouroupis' forces were against a superior
Turkish battalion force which was supported by aircraft, artillery and naval forces. Despite that, the two companies under Kouroupis' command were able to halt the advance of the Turkish forces and confine them in an area 0.35 by 1 km (0.22 mi
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Intelligence Agency attempted a rescue of Kouroupis and other Greek Army officers who were held captive in Turkey. The rescue operation failed and Kouroupis' fate is unknown. He was posthumously awarded the rank of
360:). As president of the organisation, she visits Cyprus annually with the relatives of the disappeared to take part in protests against the Turkish invasion and continuing military presence on Cyprus. The protesters are flown to Cyprus with cargo planes provided by the
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242:, in 1965. Two years later in 1967, he also concluded his studies at the Higher War School of Greece with honours. At around that time Kouroupis married Maria Karvouni, and, subsequently, they had a daughter, named Evangelia.
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