sentences:  He participated in the Macedonian Struggle with the "nom de guerre" of "Kapetan" Palamidis, and was a member of the Military League.He fought in the Balkan Wars, and sided with Eleftherios Venizelos during the National Schism, commanding the 7th Cretan Regiment in the Macedonian front of World War I.He also took part in the Allied intervention in the Ukraine in 1919 with the rank of Colonel.