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take over the
Metamorfosi heights position. The Batsova heights were occupied by one company of the 11th Border Sector, arriving from Kilkis in cars, but a company of the 1st Security Battalion tasked with joining it disintegrated on the march. As a result, by 10:30 the left flank of the division had become cut off and the Germans had effectively broken through the left of the Krousia defensive line. Further chaos resulted from an order to the division's units to retreat, which was countermanded by TSAM, resulting in some units remaining in place while others began abandoning the Krousia position. Thus 192nd Regiment left its Foot Battalion in the Krousia area and began withdrawing towards Kilkis. In the same night, 191st Regiment dispatched a mixed mechanized detachment—a light tank company, a car-borne company, and the "English" artillery company—to reinforce the Greek positions north of Sidirokastro.
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335:, where its units arrived by 10 March. Between 14 and 17 March, the Mechanized Cavalry Regiment, transferred from the Albanian front, was gradually incorporated into the division: its Light Company formed the 19th Reconnaissance Group; its 1st Combat Company, with the 1st and 4th MG troops and the 1st and 4th Mortar Troops, formed the 191st Mechanized Regiment; its 2nd Combat Company, with the 2nd MG troop and the 2nd Mortar Troop, formed the 192nd Mechanized Regiment; and its 3rd Combat Company, with the 3rd MG troop and the 3rd Mortar Troop, formed the 193rd Mechanized Regiment.
663:(Lt. Col. Konstantinos Stergiou); the remainder of the Krousia Detachment (Col. Sionidis); 192nd Mechanized Regiment (Col. Konstantinos Asimakis); 193rd Mechanized Regiment (Col. Iason Nomikos). The divisional command post was at Kilkis. The resulting front stretched over 30 km. The available forces, 14 field guns and the effective strength of four infantry battalions, were far below what was necessary to effectively cover this frontage. In addition, further difficulties were presented by the inadequate communications network between the various units, while the expected
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formation. Col. Sionidis' command, which was also in the village, suffered 13 dead and 45 wounded. Despite these losses, the 192nd
Regiment reached its assigned positions, where it divided into two Resistance Centres: left, with the Tank Battalion and one of the 47 mm anti-tank troops, and the right, with the Foot Battalion and a 20 mm anti-tank troop. Initial German probing attacks during the night were successfully repelled.
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Company, divisional command ordered the crews of the two
Italian-equipped Closed Tank Companies to abandon their vehicles and help man the Universal Carriers. The Italian tanks were hence abandoned and took no part in the fighting, but the reorganization of the 2nd Open Tank Company was not completed until April 8. 191st Regiment was also ordered to send a squadron of its Tank Company to the
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The 19th
Reconnaissance Group met the German attack divided into three groups, each composed of a Carrier troop, a troop of the Group's Light Company, and three motorcycles with sidecars. Unable to resist the German attack, after a brief struggle, in which they reported two enemy tanks destroyed, the
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valley, and TSAM ordered the 19th
Division to plug the gap by extending its front to the west up to the Vardar. The division took over the troops of the 11th Border Sector as well, while the remainder of the 1st Security Battalion (a further two infantry companies and MG squads) and three 3.7 cm
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Germans launched an attack through the level plain between Lake Doiran and the mountains, but was repelled and retreated north of Mouries. On the same day, however, news of the collapse of the Yugoslav front to the north opened the possibility that German forces
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The latter, however, would not arrive. Moving from
Myriofyto towards Akritas, it was attacked by a German column near Amaranta anad forced to withdraw towards Myriofyto. Further east, another German tank column surprised and took prisoner the two companies of the 1st Security Battalion marching to
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Regiment was more fortunate; it reached its deployment area without major obstacles, although a reconnaissance patrol clashed with the Germans near Kato Sourmena, and returned with a German prisoner. On the same evening, the division's 3.7 cm Flak shot down a German reconnaissance plane
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Regiment arrived at Elliniko first, at 07:00. Most of the other units in the Krousia sector first withdrew to the heights north and northeast of the Panorama village, while 2nd Transport Security Battalion and 2nd Cavalry Regiment headed directly for Elliniko. The
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Regiment at the village of Theodorovo. Two officers and 15 men were killed, over 50 personnel were wounded, while two Carriers, ten Austins and ten motorcycles were destroyed, effectively destroying the 2nd Open Tank Company as a combat
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During the night, the division was allocated reinforcements from the 1st Security Battalion of Thessaloniki in the form of two infantry companies (one for each of the 192nd and 193rd Regiments), two MG squads and a 75 mm battery. In order to reconstitute the 192nd Regiment's 2nd Open Tank
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on the other. Through their capture of Akritas and the heights to its north, the Germans scored a significant success, opening the path to attacking the Krousia position from the rear. As a result, the surviving forces of the 193rd Regiment and the 19th Reconnaissance Group became
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encircled and cut off by the two fast-moving German columns, as were the companies of the 9th Border Sector on the division's extreme left. Lacking any heavy weapons, these units had no choice but remain in place and await the arrival of the 192nd Regiment.
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Greek forces defending Akritas retreated to the heights south of the village. The Germans left a few tanks in the village and moved in two columns to capture the village of Megali Sterna on the one hand and the Kalindria railway station and the village of
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Flak guns were sent as reinforcements, denuding Thessaloniki of virtually any military unit. The 19th Reconnaissance Group was also ordered to move to the division's support. Arriving after an 85 km night march at the village of
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in the afternoon of 10 April, while the remnants of the Krousia Detachment did so near Thessaloniki. The division's commander, chief of staff, and a few other officers chose instead to withdraw to the area of
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men). The initial order provided for the establishment of a full tank regiment and two mechanized infantry regiments, but due to the aforementioned lack of tanks this never came to pass.
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defensive line, held by the Krousia Detachment (Απόσπασμα Κρουσίων); and covering the Group of Divisions' retreat should they be forced to abandon the main defensive line along
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With this equipment at hand, the Greek GHQ issued an order (ΑΠ 7014) on 15 January 1941 for the establishment of the 19th Mechanized Division at Athens, under Major General
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The Tank Company followed in late March. The tanks had to be driven all the way from the front in Albania to the division's new staging area at
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vehicle—presumably due to a large number of breakdowns and the lack of spare parts and were ordered to proceed to Kilkis.
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front, the first subunits became operational on 12 February. On 16 February, it began its move to the
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146:and cars, motorcycles and
109:Battle of the Metaxas Line
45:15 January – 10 April 1941
1357:Blau, George E. (1986) .
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152:19th Motorized Division
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494:3.7 cm Flak 36/37
384:Hotchkiss machine guns
256:
248:
780:
712:
638:
594:7th Infantry Division
567:Henry Maitland Wilson
407:Boys anti-tank rifles
265:8th Infantry Division
254:
243:
231:Mercedes-Benz LG 2500
195:Carden Loyd tankettes
646:2nd Cavalry Regiment
519:Cannone da 47/32 M35
464:Skoda 75 mm Model 15
369:Mannlicher–Schönauer
1673:Cyprus ('Menelaos')
1291:Christodoulou 2012c
1258:Christodoulou 2012b
1229:Christodoulou 2012c
1212:Christodoulou 2012b
1189:Christodoulou 2012b
1151:Christodoulou 2012b
1136:Christodoulou 2012b
1107:, pp. 109–110.
1095:, pp. 101–102.
1081:Christodoulou 2012a
1057:Christodoulou 2012a
1045:Christodoulou 2012a
1018:Christodoulou 2012b
976:Christodoulou 2012a
959:Christodoulou 2012a
947:Christodoulou 2012a
932:Christodoulou 2012a
893:Christodoulou 2012a
786:2nd Panzer Division
749:2nd Panzer Division
227:Mercedes-Benz W 152
225:trucks (44 each of
133:mechanized infantry
89:Mechanized infantry
1689:3rd Special Forces
1628:Continental Greece
883:Divisions and the
794:
715:
641:
526:Solothurn S-18/100
288:Universal Carriers
257:
249:
148:Universal Carriers
1722:
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1500:Divisions of the
1482:978-90-04-25459-6
1475:. Leiden: BRILL.
1332:, pp. 62–63.
1305:, pp. 61–62.
1243:, pp. 60–61.
1191:, pp. 19–20.
1138:, pp. 18–19.
1059:, pp. 22–23.
1047:, pp. 23–24.
949:, pp. 21–22.
501:2 cm Flak 30
375:with the VB
371:carbines, 8
299:Nikolaos Lioumbas
261:Greco-Italian War
114:
113:
61:Kingdom of Greece
16:(Redirected from
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473:modified during
307:
304:
224:
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210:Cavalry Division
130:
77:
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59:
58:
32:
21:
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1797:
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1793:
1792:
1791:
1747:
1746:
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1735:
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1725:
1723:
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1699:19th Mechanized
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1483:
1468:
1452:
1447:
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1390:
1382:
1380:
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350:Order of battle
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187:interwar period
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1752:
1742:
1732:
1728:
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1707:
1705:
1704:20th Armoured
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1507:
1503:
1502:Hellenic Army
1498:
1492:
1484:
1478:
1474:
1473:
1467:
1463:
1457:
1445:
1441:
1440:
1434:
1430:
1426:
1425:
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1415:
1411:
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1404:
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1379:on 2009-06-19
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1355:
1354:
1350:
1344:, p. 63.
1343:
1338:
1335:
1331:
1326:
1323:
1320:, p. 62.
1319:
1314:
1312:
1308:
1304:
1299:
1296:
1293:, p. 17.
1292:
1287:
1285:
1283:
1281:
1279:
1275:
1272:, p. 61.
1271:
1266:
1263:
1260:, p. 21.
1259:
1254:
1252:
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1234:
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1230:
1225:
1223:
1221:
1217:
1214:, p. 20.
1213:
1208:
1206:
1204:
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1200:
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1185:
1183:
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1020:, p. 18.
1019:
1014:
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1008:
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1004:
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991:
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559:Mount Olympus
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555:Mount Vermion
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390:81 mm mortars
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377:rifle grenade
374:
370:
366:
365:
363:
362:
360:
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356:
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202:
200:
196:
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191:Vickers 6-Ton
188:
184:
183:Hellenic Army
177:Establishment
176:
174:
173:on 10 April.
172:
168:
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155:
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140:Hellenic Army
137:
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116:Military unit
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79:Hellenic Army
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62:
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52:
48:
44:
40:
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1694:9th Armoured
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661:Lake Kerkini
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610:Sidirokastro
590:Thessaloniki
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552:
373:Lebel rifles
353:
337:
310:
306: 8,000
296:
258:
213:
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199:World War II
180:
167:Metaxas Line
156:
151:
120:
118:
95:Part of
29:
1653:Peloponnese
1638:Independent
1623:Archipelago
792:on 16 April
790:Panteleimon
782:Panzer IIIs
625:Mount Beles
575:Lake Doiran
481:; towed by
475:World War I
204:In 1937, a
105:Engagements
1751:Categories
1618:Adrianople
1383:2016-01-01
903:References
857:combat arm
837:Chalkidiki
699:Rupel Pass
617:Polykastro
479:Lend-Lease
420:Norton 16H
409:and three
223: 165
1456:cite book
916:Blau 1986
736:Tavoulari
725:Metalliko
670:Luftwaffe
272:tankettes
171:Macedonia
144:tankettes
1648:Magnesia
1643:Kydoniai
1510:Infantry
1373:16940402
841:en masse
803:Elliniko
799:Kentriko
762:de facto
691:Rodopoli
582:Lachanas
333:Katerini
321:Tyrnavos
313:Albanian
292:Austin 8
290:and 185
136:division
131:) was a
1714:Support
1709:Cavalry
1613:98 ADTE
1351:Sources
845:Stavros
807:Kleisto
784:of the
742:8 April
732:Akritas
705:7 April
687:Mouries
667:of the
631:6 April
563:W Force
466:on cars
325:Trikala
317:Larissa
138:of the
50:Country
1741:Greece
1727:Portal
1668:Xanthi
1663:Smyrna
1658:Serres
1479:
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851:Legacy
832:Serres
757:Cherso
612:area.
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280:Athens
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67:Branch
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