He started his armed action during the Macedonian Struggle, initially collaborating with the National Center of Xanthi.

[1] His armed group took part in the First Balkan War under the command of Konstantinos Mazarakis-Ainian, Vasileios Papakostas and Georgios Galanopoulos.

He was firstly sent to Chalkidiki to strengthen the body of Ioannis Ramnalis against the Ottoman forces and then sent to Nigrita to support Georgios Giaglis against the Bulgarians.

There, the Bulgarian army did not recognize the forces of Georgios Giaglis and Periklis Drakos as belonging to the Hellenic Army—and thus, under the terms of the Balkan League, as co-combatants—and asked to occupy the city.

In the Second Balkan War, Drakos and his group took part in several battles against the Bulgarian forces.