10 Facts About Nikolaos Manos

Nikolaos Manos was a significant Greek chieftain of the Macedonian Struggle.

Nikolaos Manos acted as a messenger, guide and a soldier in various armed groups operating in the area of Florina, from April 1905 to November 1907.

Nikolaos Manos assassinated a high-ranked Ottoman official in Neveska, Zenel Bey.

Nikolaos Manos was arrested by the Ottoman authorities in April 1910 and imprisoned in Bodrum.

Nikolaos Manos was released in the same year, as Mehmed V gave amnesty to those who had been convicted for political crimes.

Nikolaos Manos returned to his home town and continued his armed action.

Nikolaos Manos assassinated Drosopigi's president, S Mihalalezis as a pro-Romanian agent, spreading propaganda to Greek and Aromanian populations, as well as a partner of the Ottomans in many cases, expelling the Greeks of the village.

Nikolaos Manos returned to the region, with his own armed group during the First Balkan War.

Nikolaos Manos's team acted in the regions of Kastoria and Florina throughout the First Balkan War, fighting against the Ottoman troops.

Nikolaos Manos undertook several missions assigned to him by the 5th Infantry Division.