Cross First Class and the Outstanding Acts Medal for his role in World War II. On 4 September 1946, he was briefly recalled to active service, retroactively promoted to vice admiral from 31 December 1943, and with his retirement dated to 1 January 1944. On 1 July 1947, in further recognition of his role in leading the Greek navy during World War II, he was awarded the highest Greek decoration for valour, the Commander's Cross of the Cross of Valour. In the 1950 elections he was once again elected to parliament for Atticoboeotia. Finally, in the 1951–52 Nikolaos Plastiras cabinet, Sakellariou was appointed as Minister for National Defence, until his resignation on 31 March 1952. He died in Athens on 7 July 1982. Writings As an active officer, Sakellariou wrote the Greek Navy's sailing manual in 1915, and a historical study on the use of artillery in the late Byzantine Empire (Ιστορία του Πυροβολικού κατά την Δύσιν της Μεσαιωνικής Ημών Αυτοκρατορίας, 1926). In 1945 he wrote the study Η Θέσις της Ελλάδος εις τον Δεύτερον Παγκόσμιον Πόλεμον on Greece's role during World War II. he later wrote a series of memoirs, beginning with Ταξιδεύοντας ("Voyaging", 1957), Απ’ τις Γέφυρες και τα Καρρέ ("From Bridges and Wardrooms", 1967), Ένας Ναύαρχος Θυμάται ("An Admiral Remembers") and Απομνημονεύματα ενός Ναυάρχου ("Memoirs of an Admiral"). References Sources 1887 births 1982 deaths People from West Attica United Alignment of Nationalists politicians National Reconstruction Front (Greece) politicians Deputy Prime Ministers of Greece Ministers of National Defence of Greece Ministers of Naval Affairs of Greece Government ministers of Greece in ministries now abolished Greek MPs 1946–1950 Greek MPs 1950–1951 Chiefs of the Hellenic Navy General Staff Greek military personnel of the Balkan Wars Greek military personnel of the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922) Royal Hellenic Navy admirals of World War II People of the Greek Civil War Greek prisoners and detainees Prisoners and detainees of Greece Commander's Crosses of the Cross of Valour (Greece) Grand Crosses of the Order of George I with Swords Recipients of the War Cross (Greece)