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World War II weapons of Greece (2 C, 2 P) Pages in category "World War II military equipment of Greece" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
The unit traces its ancestry to the 32nd Infantry Regiment, formed in Preveza in 1919, then belonging to the 8th Infantry Division.It took part in the Greco-Turkish War as part of the Kydoniai Division and the 5th Infantry Division, and later in the Greco-Italian War during the Second World War.
Wagner Group mercenaries in Koundjili, Central African Republic, May 2019. The Wagner Group is a Russian paramilitary organization, also described as a private military company (PMC), a network of mercenaries, [1] [2] and a de facto unit of the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) or Russia's military intelligence agency, the GRU. [3]
Greece faced invasions from the Heruli, Goths, and Vandals during the reign of Theodosius I. Stilicho, who acted as regent for Arcadius, evacuated Thessaly when the Visigoths invaded in the late 4th century. Arcadius' Chamberlain Eutropius allowed Alaric to enter Greece, and he looted Corinth, and the Peloponnese.
The military of Greece uses a version of the coat of arms which has the laurel branches in gold. The standard of the president of Greece also uses this design, in his capacity as nominal commander-in-chief of the armed forces. [27] The various branches of the military have their own specifications for different types of usage.
The 1925–1932 French military mission to Greece was called to Greece to reorganize the Hellenic Army following the end of the disastrous Asia Minor Campaign and the turmoils that followed it. The Greek army had relied on French models, and was often trained by French officers, ever since the first attempts to establish a regular army during ...
The national flag of Greece, popularly referred to as the "turquoise and white one" (Greek: Γαλανόλευκη, Galanólefki) or the "azure and white" (Κυανόλευκη, Kyanólefki), is officially recognised by Greece as one of its national symbols and has 5 equal horizontal stripes of blue alternating with white.
Supreme Military Command of the Interior & Islands Structure (click to enlarge) Supreme Military Command of Interior and Islands (ΑΣΔΕΝ), based at Athens, Attica. 5th Airmobile Brigade (5η Α/Μ ΤΑΞ), based at Chania, Crete