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Serres Division

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area resulted heavy casualties (13 dead, 104 wounded), the entire regiment was withdrawn from the front and sent to the Maya Dag area; numerous desertions occurred at that time. The 3rd Serres Regiment (3ο Σύνταγμα Σερρῶν) was formed by one battalion from the 2/21 Regiment, one battalion of Cretan
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formed two of its battalions from the 18th Regiment's men, as well as taking over the "National Defence Battalion" (Τάγμα Ἐθνικῆς Ἀμύνης) that had already been deployed on the front in the
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Regimental war flag presentation to the Serres Division, December 1916, in the presence of the "Triumvirate" of the National Defence government (Prime Minister
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and Asia Minor. Its formation was delayed, and it was not until the end of the year that the entire division assembled to the south of Boymitsa.
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sector. The rest of the regiment also went to the same sector, under British command. However, after an attack by its 1st Battalion in the
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on 16 February 1923 (which became 1 March). All dates prior to that, unless specifically denoted, are
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Concise History of the Hellenic Army's Participation in the First World War 1914–1918
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Military units and formations of Greece in the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922)
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was formed from the 17th and 2/21 Regiment, as well as the depot of the
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who had fled the Bulgarian advance and the Corps' capitulation to
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infantry regiments and the 6th Mountain Artillery Battalion;
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to be recruited in the areas controlled by the government (
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The 1st Serres Regiment (1ο Σύνταγμα Σερρῶν) under Major
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The division began being raised in September 1916 by the
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Military units and formations of Greece in World War I
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The Serres Division (Μεραρχία Σερρῶν), under Colonel
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1920
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Eleftherios Venizelos
Panagiotis Danglis
Pavlos Kountouriotis
Greece
Greece
Greece
Provisional Government of National Defence
Greece
Kingdom of Greece

National Defence Army Corps
Hellenic Army
infantry
Serres
Macedonia
Greece
World War I
Macedonian front
Battle of Skra-di-Legen
Battle of Doiran
Western Thrace
Nikolaos Christodoulou
Epameinondas Zymvrakakis
Greek
romanized
infantry division
Hellenic Army
World War I
Western Thrace

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