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Georgios Tsontos (Greek: Γεώργιος Τσόντος) known with the nickname Vardas was a Greek officer and revolutionary.

Tsontos was born in Sfakia, Crete. After the death of Pavlos Melas he was in charge of the Greek guerrilla operations in the Greek Struggle for Macedonia, when the region was under Ottoman control (1905).Tsontos organized resistance units in Western Macedonia and encouraged the enlistment of new volunteers.^[1]

^ Macedonia, 4000 years of Greek history and civilization. Historikoi Hellēnikoi chōroi Greek lands in history. M. V.Sakellariou.

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 '''Georgios Tsontos''' ({{lang-el|Γεώργιος Τσόντος}}) known with the nickname '''Vardas''' was a Greek officer and revolutionary.
-Tsontos was born in [[Sfakia]], [[Crete]]. After the death of [[Pavlos Melas]] he was in charge of the Greek guerrilla operations in the [[Greek Struggle for Macedonia]], when the region of under [[Ottoman]] control (1905).Tsontos organized resistance units in [[Western Macedonia]] and encouraged the enlistment of new volunteers.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=71W5AAAAIAAJ&q=tsontos+vardas&dq=tsontos+vardas&hl=el&ei=2z82TKbhFZLesAbq5ajLAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CFMQ6AEwCQ Macedonia, 4000 years of Greek history and civilization]. Historikoi Hellēnikoi chōroi Greek lands in history. M. V.Sakellariou.</ref>
+Tsontos was born in [[Sfakia]], [[Crete]]. After the death of [[Pavlos Melas]] he was in charge of the Greek guerrilla operations in the [[Greek Struggle for Macedonia]], when the region was under [[Ottoman]] control (1905).Tsontos organized resistance units in [[Western Macedonia]] and encouraged the enlistment of new volunteers.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=71W5AAAAIAAJ&q=tsontos+vardas&dq=tsontos+vardas&hl=el&ei=2z82TKbhFZLesAbq5ajLAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CFMQ6AEwCQ Macedonia, 4000 years of Greek history and civilization]. Historikoi Hellēnikoi chōroi Greek lands in history. M. V.Sakellariou.</ref>
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