Former military officers for peace

On May 9, day of the anniversary of the antifascist victory of the people, was launched the initiative “FORMER MILITARY OFFICERS SPEAK” with the publication of an appeal against NATO and in defense of peace that has already been endorsed by tens of retired officers from different countries.

This initiative took place in the framework of the “Peace Olympics” campaign launched by the Greek peace movement (EEDYE) and supported by the World Peace Council.

Following you will find the appeal with the first signatories.

Apart from this list there have also been collected 222 signatures of retired officers from Bulgaria, 57 from Germany and 14 from Hungary.

For further information, new endorsements, signatures etc you may contact
EEDYE (eedye@otenet.gr) and the “Movement for the National Defense” (a.kakkaras@stt.aegean.gr ).



We have served in our countries’ armed forces, in which we underwent training and prepared for warfare for decades. We therefore know well what force can be-and is-used to impose the will of the stronger over others. Many of us have seen from within the role played by offensive coalitions such as NATO. We clearly see the distortions caused in the armed forces by the new doctrines and by the deployment of troops outside of their own countries into war zones as imposed by the regulators of the new world order. After the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact we had hoped that NATO would also dissolve and that the huge allocations for armaments would be channeled into healthcare, welfare, education and to meet other needs of our peoples.

Out of love for our homelands, for civilization and the history of countries, and out of deep belief in the ideals of freedom and justice, aware that without independence and peace the peoples cannot make progress,

• We Profess Our Concern And Disagreement
• With the wars being unleashed by the leaderships of the USA and its allies on peoples and states that refuse subservience and the exploitation of their countries’ wealth and their own labor by foreigners.
• With our governments’ support for the aggressors, the provision of facilities, the participation in operations against third parties to confront supposed threats that exist, are invented or are provoked by the attackers.
• With the successive arms buildups which are supposedly necessary in order to keep stocks up to date, whereas they actually serve the needs of the arms manufacturers, traders and middlemen and are for the implementation of the new doctrines and missions of the USA and NATO within the framework of their plans for global domination.
• With the way our peoples’ human rights and liberties being violated and crushed through legislation and action imposed on them. We note that the human rights of peoples are being crushed in those countries where their leaders are terrorizing the entire world by means of the operations and wars they unleash.
• With the centrally controlled reorganizing of the armed forces of NATO member-countries, which is not being undertaken in order to improve their own defense but rather so that the NATO administration, that is the US power team, can manage and exploit these forces. It is not accidental that the same thing is gradually happening with the armed forces of the countries in the so-called “partnership for peace” (PFP), which are being brought into NATO in stages.
• With the way the new NATO doctrine is being identified with that of the European Union and those organizations’ member states. It is this doctrine, which aims for and implements the objectives of the new world order through the use of our countries’ armed forces.
• With the way the nightmare of nuclear weaponry is being brought back, with the militarization of space and with the monopolization of terror by the superpower with its imperialist world ruling practices.
• With the hypocritical “Olympic truce” with its limited duration, the goal of which is not a LASTING PEACE, which every simple person desires, and struggles for, but rather for the trade fair called the Olympic Games to be carried out in Greece.

To Confront All The Aforesaid We Appeal
To the United Nations
The peace-loving people
To our colleagues now serving and to former military personnel in all countries and mainly
To those being used by the new world order to impose its will through use of force

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Canada, William E. Stewart, - Tpr. 1st Canadian Armoured Corp (British Eighth Army)
Turkey, Yalcin Ozturk - Colonel
Turkey, Adnan Çoksen - Sergeant major, Navy
Turkey, Behram Aytekin - Sergeant Major, Navy
Turkey, Idris Tosun – Sergeant Major, Navy
Turkey, Yasar Timur – Sergeant Major, Navy
Turkey, Ismail Gumussoy - Sergeant Major, Navy
Turkey, Ibrahim Yuksel - Sergeant Major, Navy
Turkey, Murat Atam – Sergeant Major, Navy
Turkey, Hulusi Aktas- Sergeant Major, Navy
Bosnia & Herzegovina, Jovan Vujic, Commander Senior & Master Mariner;
Bosnia & Herzegovina, Milutin Bosancic, Lieutenant Colonel;
Bosnia & Herzegovina, Vojislav Babic, Brigadier General;
Bosnia & Herzegovina, Strahinja Martinovic, Lieutenant Colonel;
Bosnia & Herzegovina, Djordje Simic, Colonel;
Bosnia & Herzegovina, Petar Jovanovic, Colonel,
Bosnia & Herzegovina, Yarko Bobic, Colonel;
Bosnia & Herzegovina, Milan Lukic, Captain;
Bosnia & Herzegovina, Dusan Tomic, Colonel
Czech Republic, Oskar MAREK - Lieutenant - General
Czech Republic, Jan HEVERA - Major - General
Czech Republic, Jiri KROBATH - Colonel
Czech Republic, Jaroslav CERNY - Colonel
Czech Republic, Karel HOŠEK - Lieutenant - Colonel
Portugal, BENTES MARCELO, Commander
Portugal, LEMOS PINHEIRO, Commander
Portugal, MANUEL MAIA, Commander
Portugal, NÁPOLES GUERRA, Colonel
Portugal, DURAN CLEMENTE, Colonel
Portugal, MANUEL CONCEIÇÃO COLAÇO, Colonel
Greece, Alexiou Georgios, Rear Admiral
Greece, Alevromageiros D, Lieutenant-General, Honorary Inspector General of the Army
Greece, Sofikitis Michalis, Brigadier General,
Greece, Stathis D, Commodore
Greece, Kakaras A, Commodore
Greece, Papanastasis N, Colonel
Greece, Tzovlas N., Lieutenant War Navy
Greece, Stamatiou V, Rear-Admiral
Greece, Serafimidis E, Rear-Admiral
Greece, Vagoridis S, war navy officer
Greece, Patsilias D, war navy officer
Greece, Papathanasiou M, Honorary Rear-Admiral
Greece, Mihalakakos Th, Rear-Admiral
Greece, Apostolou P, Rear-Admiral
Greece, Vardanis M, Honorary Lieutenant-General, President of the Association of Imprisoned and Exiled Resistance fighters of the Period 1967- 1974
Greece, Dimou D, Lieutenant-General, Honorary Chief of the General Staff of National Guard of Cyprus and Army Commander
Greece, Potamianos G, Rear-Admiral
Greece, Voulodimos A, Brigadier
Russian Federation, Grebeniuk V.I, General
Russian Federation, Kortelainen K.E, Lieutenant-General
Russian Federation, Kouznetsov G.A, Rear-Admiral
Russian Federation, Ponomariov V.A. Lieutenant-General
Russian Federation, Prilukov V.M, Lieutenant-General
Russian Federation, Sumilichin G.I, Lieutenant-General
Russian Federation, Borutsenko V.A, Major-General
Russian Federation, Golisev B. S, Major-General
Russian Federation, Danilin A. N, war navy Captain
Russian Federation, Kopitsev E.I Major-General
Russian Federation, Morozof V.E, Major-General
Russian Federation, Scrilnik A.I, Major-General
Russian Federation, Tkatchenko V.P., Major-General
Russian Federation, Terentiev G.V., Major-General
Russian Federation, Lezin Andrei Nikolaevich, Lieutenant-General
Russian Federation, Bislivskij Victor Ivanovich, Major-General
Russian Federation, Aztibkov Bladimir Vasilievich, Major-General
Russian Federation, Kuzmin Vladimir Glebovich, Captain
Russian Federation, Popov Boris Nikolaevich, Captain
Russian Federation, Kursakov Bladimir Ivanovich, Colonel
Russian Federation, Iatsmenev Boris Anatolievich, Colonel
Russian Federation, Martinov Yurij Mihailovich, Colonel
Russian Federation, Bazenov Victor Georgievich, Colonel
Russian Federation, Podguzov Valerij Alexeevich, Colonel
Russian Federation, Oshipov Alexandr Nikolaevich, Colonel
Russian Federation, Mahatov Mihael Batorovich, Colonel
Russian Federation, Kuzmenko Genadij Nikiforovich, Colonel
Russian Federation, Mihailov Piotr Ivanovich, Colonel
Russian Federation, Zenin Piotr Iltich, Colonel
Russian Federation, Medvedev Ivan Nikolaevich, Captain
Russian Federation, Tokuev Konstantin Stepanovich, Colonel
Russian Federation, Kisnerskin Nikolai Grigorievich, Colonel
Russian Federation, Kornilov Yurij Dmitrievich, Colonel
Russian Federation, Lavrov Vladimir Mihailovich, Colonel
Russian Federation, Vorontsov Vladimir Grigorievich, Colonel
Russian Federation, Haritonov Yurij Pavlovich, Colonel
Russian Federation, Martinov Victor Vladimirovich, Colonel
Russian Federation, Gushin Anatolij Matveevich, Colonel
Russian Federation, Koleshnikov Vladimir Flegodovich, Colonel
Russian Federation, Evseev Vladimir Gersevich, Colonel
Russian Federation, Sokolchuk Andrei Dmitrievich, Colonel
Russian Federation, Serogodekij Nikolai Mihailovich, Captain
Russian Federation, Ivanov Pavel Abramovich, Colonel
Russian Federation, Sus Nikolai Mihailovich, Colonel
Russian Federation, Visetskij Vasilij Petrovich, Colonel
Ukraine, Gerasimov Ivan Alexandrovich, Army Marshall, Hero of Ukraine
Ukraine, Anastasiev Valentin Alexeevich, Lieutenant-General, Deputy
Ukraine, Damanskij Anatolij Ivanovich, Major-General, Deputy
Ukraine, Stroggof Alexandr, Lieutenant-General
Ukraine, Yurkovski Anatolij, Vice Admiral
Ukraine, Alexeev Igor, Colonel, Deputy