Andon Kalchev
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Andon Kalchev (Bulgarian: Андон Калчев) (1910 – 27 August 1948) was a Bulgarian army officer, one of the leaders of the Bulgarian-backed Ohrana, a paramilitary formation of Bulgarians in Greek Macedonia during World War II Axis occupation. He was active outside the Bulgarian occupied area of Macedonia, under the tolerance of the Italian and German authorities which used him in their fights with rival Greek EAM-ELAS and Yugoslav Communist resistance groups. Because of his collaborationist activity, he was sentenced to death by Greek military tribunal, and was executed by firing squad on 27 August 1948.
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Native name | Андон Калчев |
Born | 1910 (1910) Zhuzheltsi, Kastoria, Ottoman Empire |
Died | 27 August 1948(1948-08-27) (aged 37–38) Thessaloniki, Greece |
Allegiance | Kingdom of Bulgaria |
Alma mater | Leipzig University |
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