Regimental war flag presentation to the Serres Division, December 1916, in the presence of the "Triumvirate" of the National Defence government (Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos, Lt. General Panagiotis Danglis, Admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis).
Active
September 1916 – November 1920
Country
Greece
Allegiance
Provisional Government of National Defence(1916-17) Kingdom of Greece (1917-20)
Branch
National Defence Army Corps (1916-17) Hellenic Army (1917-20)
Type
infantry
Size
Division
Garrison/HQ
Serres, Macedonia, Greece
Engagements
World War I
Macedonian front
Battle of Skra-di-Legen
Battle of Doiran
Operations in Western Thrace
Commanders
Commander
Nikolaos Christodoulou Epameinondas Zymvrakakis
Military unit
The Serres Division (Greek: Μεραρχία Σερρῶν, romanized: Merarchia Serrōn) was an infantry division of Hellenic Army in World War I and the annexation of Western Thrace.
The SerresDivision (Greek: Μεραρχία Σερρῶν, romanized: Merarchia Serrōn) was an infantry division of Hellenic Army in World War I and the annexation of...
Serres (Greek: Σέρρες [ˈseɾes] ) is a city in Macedonia, Greece, capital of the Serres regional unit and third largest city in the region of Central Macedonia...
commanded the 1st Regiment of the SerresDivision on the Macedonian Front. In May 1919, as commander of the 1st Infantry Division, he led the Greek landing at...
infantry divisions: the SerresDivision (under Col. Christodoulou) from the forces already available (IV Corps remnants and volunteers), the Crete Division (under...
stance during the World War I and the National Schism (which led to the division of the country between a Venizelist and a royalist government), his policy...
Corps executed a pincer maneuver on the 9th Bulgarian Division, while the Greek SerresDivision and the 83rd British Brigade assaulted the Bulgarian trenches...
Zannas Military support Army of National Defence SerresDivision Archipelago Division Crete Division Cretan Gendarmerie Allied Army of the Orient Armée...
Διχασμός, romanized: Ethnikós Dichasmós), also sometimes called The Great Division, was a series of disagreements between King Constantine I and Prime Minister...
during the First World War. He fought with distinction with the Archipelago Division at the battle of Skra-di-Legen and was promoted to lieutenant colonel....
between the Greek and Turkish communities, his government sent a Greek army division to the island. King Constantine II openly opposed Papandreou's government...
assumed command of the SerresDivision, which he led to the front near Gevgeli in December 1916. He continued to command the division until 1918, when he...
SerresDivision, these formed the "National Defence Army Corps" under Major General Emmanouil Zymvrakakis, although operationally the Greek divisions...
a small expedition force of two divisions from Gallipoli (156th Infantry Division (France) and 10th (Irish) Division respectively). Though the first troops...
request to enter the city. A small Bulgarian unit, which soon became a full division, moved into the city and immediately started an attempt to establish a...
Zannas Military support Army of National Defence SerresDivision Archipelago Division Crete Division Cretan Gendarmerie Allied Army of the Orient Armée...
then succeeded Konstantinos Kallaris as commander of the 2nd Infantry Division, when the latter was transferred to the Epirus front. There again, however...
of the Army Academy (1910), the 1st Infantry Division, the Greek Gendarmerie, and the 2nd Infantry Division (1911). In 1911, Danglis was promoted to Major...
had joined the allies in 1917, he participated at the head of the SerresDivision in all the military operations of the Entente, that took place in Macedonia...
Zannas Military support Army of National Defence SerresDivision Archipelago Division Crete Division Cretan Gendarmerie Allied Army of the Orient Armée...
He was named as the commanding officer of the newly raised 9th Infantry Division in 1913, and commanded it until 1916, when he joined the Venizelist Movement...