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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",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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 == Biography ==
-He was a native of [[Zatouna]] in the [[Provinces of Greece|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", he trained his men to fight quietly and carefully in order not to waste ammunition, he made the soldiers compete 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?}} 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",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 ==