Greece's participation in the First World War - The unknown battles
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Not SyncedGREECE'S PARTICIPATION
IN WORLD WAR ONE -
Not SyncedThousands of pages have been written
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Not Syncedabout both the the National Schism
and the epic war in Asia Minor -
Not Syncedwhich ultimately was completed with the
destruction and uprooting of the Greeks in Ionia. -
Not SyncedSince those 2 events have monopolised discussions,
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Not Syncedthe general public doesn't know much
about Greece's participation in WWI. -
Not SyncedFor reasons that we don't need to mention now,
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Not SyncedGreece might have been late in entering
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Not Syncedthe conflict between
the Central Powers and the Entente, -
Not Syncedhowever during the short period that it participated
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Not Syncedit achieved an important victory
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Not Syncedand played an active role in the conclusion of the war
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Not Syncedon the Macedonian Front.
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Not SyncedSome might say that Greece was participating
in this conflict indirectly before 1917 -
Not Syncedsince on the one hand Eleftherios Venizelos
with the National Defence Coup D'État -
Not Syncedand on the other hand the Anglo-French
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Not Syncedwere trying to force Greece
to join the war in various ways. -
Not SyncedThe Bulgarians had invaded Macedonia in 1916
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Not Syncedand remained there until 1918.
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Not SyncedDuring the Bulgarian occupation,
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Not Syncedthey proceeded with thousands
of murders and destruction -
Not Syncedalong with looting important archaeological
and religious treasures. -
Not SyncedDespite the Bulgarian occupation in Macedonia
starting in August 1916 -
Not SyncedGreece eventually entered the war in June 1917
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Not Syncedwhen the French invaded Piraeus and bombed Athens
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Not Syncedforcing the government to resign
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Not Syncedand King Konstantinos abdicated the throne
and left the country. -
Not SyncedVenizelos then returned to Athens
as the prime minister -
Not Syncedand declared war on the Central Powers on 28 June.
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Not SyncedDuring its brief participation in the war,
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Not SyncedGreece had a minimal participation.
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Not SyncedThe first battle was against the Bulgarians
on the massif of Skra di Legen -
Not Syncedon 30 May 1918.
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Not SyncedFour months later, in September,
Greek forces also participate -
Not Syncedin the final assault and dissolution of the enemy
on the Macedonian front in the Battle of Doirani. -
Not SyncedDoirani is a lake which today is split between
the borders of Greece and Skopje. -
Not SyncedThe Greek Army had a small contribution
to the Entente's victory. -
Not SyncedHowever, it was enough for Greece
to sit at the table on the winning side -
Not Syncedand assert territorial gains.
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Not SyncedNow let's go back to the battles though.
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Not SyncedIn May 1916,
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Not Syncedthe Bulgarians took Fort Roupel without a fight,
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Not Syncedand went all the way to Skra
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Not Syncedwhere they occasionally skirmished
with the Anglo-French troops. -
Not SyncedThe Entente wanted to stop the Bulgarians
from sending troops westward -
Not Syncedto reinforce the Germans on other fronts.
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Not SyncedTherefore it kept them confined there,
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Not Syncedblocking off the pass from the Skra massif.
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Not SyncedOn the other hand,
now that Greece had entered the war, -
Not Syncedit wanted to occupy these areas,
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Not Syncedwhich the Bulgarians had previously occupied.
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Not SyncedFrench army general Guillaumat
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Not Synceddecided that the fortified area of Skra
had to be occupied. -
Not SyncedThe Greek National Defence army corps
undertook carrying out this mission -
Not Syncedunder lieutenant general Emmanouil Zymvrakakis.
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Not SyncedThe task force was under the command
of major general Ioannou. -
Not SyncedGreek forces were made up of 14,500 infantrymen
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Not Syncedwho were supported by 287 heavy and light artillery.
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Not SyncedThe Bulgarians on the other hand
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Not Syncedhad 5 infantry regiments
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Not Syncedsupported by powerful artillery, both heavy and light.
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Not SyncedThe Greek troops in the battle,
are shown on the map: -
Not Syncedthe 5th and 6th regiment of the Archipelago division,
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Not Syncedthe 7th and 8th regiment of the Cretan division,
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Not Syncedand the 1st regiment of the Serres division.
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Not SyncedThe Greeks were also supported by a French division.
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Not SyncedThe offensive began at 5 in the morning on 16 May.
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Not SyncedBy the afternoon of the 17th,
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Not Syncedthe Greeks occupied Skra.
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Not SyncedThe Bulgarians resisted fiercely
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Not Syncedresulting in casualties being high
for the Greek troops as well. -
Not SyncedCasualties reached 434
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Not Syncedwhile the injured reached 1925.
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Not SyncedNot only did the Bulgarians suffer hundreds of casualties,
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Not Syncedbut 2000 of them were also taken captive.
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Not Synced"FALLEN IN BATTLE 1916-1918
CYPRIOT VOLUNTEERS
PVT APOSTOLOU K. APOS.
PVT KATSARIS CHR. GRIG.
PVT IKONOMIDIS LEON.
PVT IKONOMIDIS I. CHRYS.
PVT PAPACHRISTODOULOU A. D. " -
Not SyncedThat was the first and last epic battle of the Greek Army in WWI.
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Not SyncedA second battle is fought a few months later,
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Not Syncedin September 1918.
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Not SyncedThe Battle of Doirani is fought between
18-19 September. -
Not SyncedThe British cooperated with the Greek Army
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Not Syncedand attacked the Bulgarian forces near Lake Doirani.
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Not SyncedOn the one side were the Bulgarians with 45,000 troops.
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Not SyncedOn the other side was the British 22nd division
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Not Syncedsupported by the Greek Serres and Cretan divisions,
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Not Syncedamounting to a total of 75,000 soldiers.
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Not SyncedThe battles lasted for 2 days,
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Not Syncedduring which the upper hand was
constantly changing between both sides. -
Not SyncedEventually the Bulgarians won a tactical victory
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Not Syncedwhich is evident from the number of casualties.
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Not SyncedThe British and Greeks had 6,500-7,000 casualties
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Not Syncedwhile the Bulgarians had only suffered 2,700.
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Not SyncedThree days before the Battle of Doirani,
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Not Syncedon 15 September,
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Not Syncedthe Serbs and French had defeated
the Bularians and Germans -
Not Syncedat the Battle of Dobro Pole,
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Not Syncedin modern day Skopje.
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Not SyncedThe allied army constantly headed towards Bulgaria.
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Not SyncedAfter this defeat,
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Not Synceda riot broke out in the Bulgarian camp
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Not Syncedand they signed a truce and surrendered.
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Not SyncedThis caused the Bulgarians in Doirani to withdraw
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Not Syncedand the Greeks and British occupied
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