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Lieutenant General (retd) Dimitris Alevromagiros is the last Greek Officer to have "smelled" gunpowder on the battlefield. A historical figure of the place is the Officer who, with his soldiers, fought the Turks in Nicosia in 1974. He was Commander of the heroic 336th Battalion. He rarely speaks. That is why the testimony of his historical memory combined with his analysis of what is happening in the Greek-Turkish and the Cyprus problem is valuable. The militaire channel has the honor of hosting him in its studio. The General is a torrent: "We had the Athens fiesta that ended in the Athens Declaration... What we now understand is that Turkey is threshing and we are watching... The little Turks are being taught the Blue Homeland and we are discussing what we will concede and what not to the Turks and we are going without war at the risk of national territory. In Cyprus, the situation has become consolidated... What will we do if one day Erdogan incorporates the occupied territories into Cyprus and what will we do? Protest at the UN? Like we did with Hagia Sophia? I cannot understand why so much defeatism. We are not weak... Slowly, slowly Greece is being marginalized... ... We hold beautiful memorials. We held one like this for the 50th anniversary of Cyprus. Memorials to which we also give the character of a celebration." What he reveals about the role of Greek governments in the Cyprus issue is shocking. He talks about the "national saviors, patriots". "In 1974, Karamanlis should have kicked out those who told him that we should not get involved in Cyprus and put five "crazy" people in their place to send a division to Cyprus". "We lack a national strategy because of the fear of Turkey. We need to change and they know the new strategy. Why do we say that we have built all these alliances that they tell us we have. And what do we do with them? How do we use them? Turkey only has one photo in the National Security Council room: Cyprus all Turkish! We have Greek Cyprus in the SAGE and KYSEA rooms? We don't dare. Let's not forget that we banned our leaders from visiting our islands at Easter. Our national strategy should be self-evident. Protection of our territories but also recovery of lost territories. Have we ever put our own Blue Homeland of Asia Minor, Imbros and Tenedos, Northern Epirus on the table? We only discuss Turkey's claims". With the General we discuss the issue of German reparations, for which he is fighting, but also about the Officers of the Armed Forces who we must ask first of all to win and not to die. If necessary, they will do so... *Support the Militaire.gr channel on YouTube, by clicking on the JOIN button. It is important for us to be able to do more. Find out about the JOIN-JOIN program on YouTube.