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Serres Division
Μεραρχία Σερρῶν
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).
ActiveSeptember 1916 – November 1920
CountryGreece Greece
AllegianceGreece Provisional Government of National Defence(1916-17)
Greece Kingdom of Greece (1917-20)
Branch National Defence Army Corps (1916-17)
Serres Division Hellenic Army (1917-20)
Typeinfantry
SizeDivision
Garrison/HQSerres, Macedonia, Greece
EngagementsWorld War I
  • Macedonian front
  • Battle of Skra-di-Legen
  • Battle of Doiran
Operations in Western Thrace
Commanders
CommanderNikolaos Christodoulou
Epameinondas Zymvrakakis

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.

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