sentences:  Davakis was a colonel when Italy attacked Greece on 28 October 1940.As commander of the Pindus detachment (Απόσπασμα Πίνδου), he successfully repelled the Italian "Julia" Alpine Division's attack in late October 1940 but was seriously injured in November of the same year, when he counter-attacked, nearly destroying it.Davakis' detachment, composed of two infantry battalions of the 51st Infantry Regiment, one cavalry troop and one artillery battery, was the first Greek unit that received the "blow" of the Italian invasion.