Early Life
George Rallis was born in the prestigious Kolonaki district of Athens, after schooling he studied law and political sciences at the University of Athens. Shortly after graduating he joined the fight against fascist Italy after the invasion on 28 October 1940. He had the rank of the junior lieutenant. During the retreat (April 1941) he had to shoot his own horse, because it was injured and stuck in the mud. He remembered with sorrow this incident in a TV interview during the 1990s.
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