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Georgakis Kapsokalyvas (born c. 1800) was a fighter of the Greek Revolution.

Biography

Kapsokalyvas was a native of Zatouna in the eparchy of Karytaina. An excellent captain,^{[according to whom?]} he led soldiers under the command of Theodoros Kolokotronis and Dimitris Plapoutas. Saying that "rifles weren't made for shooting the sky but for killing the enemies,"^{[citation needed]} Kapsokalyvas trained his men to fight quietly and carefully in order not to waste ammunition, and he made the soldiers compete to see who would kill the most Turks.

Sources

Photios Chrysanthopoulos, ed. (1888). Βίοι Πελοποννησίων ανδρών και των εξώθεν εις την Πελοπόννησον ελθόντων κληρικών, στρατιωτικών και πολιτικών των αγωνισαμένων τον αγώνα της επαναστάσεως (in Greek). Athens: Σταύρος Ανδρόπουλος, Τυπογραφείο Π. Δ. Σακελλαρίου. Retrieved 10 April 2010.

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-'''Georgakis Kapsokalyvas''' was a fighter of the [[Greek War of Independence|Greek Revolution]].
+'''Georgakis Kapsokalyvas''' (born c. 1800) was a fighter of the [[Greek War of Independence|Greek Revolution]].
 == Biography ==
-He descended from [[Zatouna]] of the [[eparchy]] of [[Karytaina]]. He was an excellent captain and served Greece with a lot of zeal and willingness. He was in all the battles with his soldiers and was under the commands of [[Theodoros Kolokotronis]] and [[Dimitris Plapoutas]]. He used to advise his men to fight quietly and carefully in order not to waste ammo. He also said, that the rifles weren't made for shooting to the sky, but for killing the enemies. Saying this, he made his soldiers take honour on who would kill the most Turks.
+Kapsokalyvas was a native of [[Zatouna]] in the [[Provinces of Greece|eparchy]] of [[Karytaina]].  An excellent captain,{{according to whom|date=October 2020}} he led soldiers under the command of [[Theodoros Kolokotronis]] and [[Dimitris Plapoutas]]. Saying that "rifles weren't made for shooting the sky but for killing the enemies,"{{Citation needed|date=October 2020}} Kapsokalyvas trained his men to fight quietly and carefully in order not to waste ammunition, and he made the soldiers compete to see who would kill the most Turks.
 == Sources ==
 * {{Cite book
-|    editor = [[Photios Chrysanthopoulos]]
+|    editor = Photios Chrysanthopoulos
+|    editor-link = Photios Chrysanthopoulos
 |     title = Βίοι Πελοποννησίων ανδρών και των εξώθεν εις την Πελοπόννησον ελθόντων κληρικών, στρατιωτικών και πολιτικών των αγωνισαμένων τον αγώνα της επαναστάσεως
 | publisher = Σταύρος Ανδρόπουλος, Τυπογραφείο Π. Δ. Σακελλαρίου
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 |  language = Greek
 |  origyear =
-|       url = http://www.archive.org/details/vioipeloponnsin00chrygoog
+|       url = https://archive.org/details/vioipeloponnsin00chrygoog
 |accessdate = 10 April 2010
 }}
+{{Greek War of Independence}}
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Kapsokalyvas, Georgakis}}
 [[Category:Greek people of the Greek War of Independence]]
+[[Category:People from Dimitsana]]
+[[Category:1800s births]]
+[[Category:Year of death missing]]