The salonika campaign began on 5 october 1915 with the landing of the 10th (irish) division and french 156th division at the port of salonika in greece. To recap, 1915 had been a bad year for the allied cause in the balkans. The intervention came too late to save serbia and, after a brief winter campaign in severe.
Salonika campaign National Army Museum
The expected invasion never took place.
He also holds the post of chairman of the salonika campaign society and is a member of the british commission for military history making him an almost unrivalled authority on this particular campaign.
Yet it was to be decisive not for its victories, but in bogging down the austria hungary forces thereby weakening the germans on the western front and bringing the war to an end. Those known to have served in. Although disease and the harsh conditions took a heavy toll, they eventually brought the campaign to a successful conclusion. The villagers weren’t the tourist friendly greeks we meet today.
In particular the more open warfare on the struma front where skirmish actions took place throughout the campaign.
At first they were deeply suspicious, apathetic and weary. This year is the centenary of the allied offensive out of salonika in the macedonian campaign of 1916. During the almost three year campaign, the british salonika force (bsf), french, greek, italian, russian and serbian contingents fought together at various points. After withdrawing from serbia in november 1915, allied forces took up defensive positions around salonika, assuming that bulgarian forces would try and advance into greece.
The tour will be guided by alan wakefield, author of ‘under the devil's eye:
Footage of british, french, serbian and greek soldiers in salonika, the macedonian front, during the first world war. Moore haines, who was a member of the ramc during these campaigns. The salonika campaign cost the allies 165,800 combat fatalities, 75 percent of them serbian. It provides a number of interesting ww1 scenarios, at least compared to the trench stalemate on the western front.
They represent british, german, austrian bulgarian, greek, italian, russian and turkish troops who fought on the salonika front in ww1.
There are:55 items tagged salonika campaign available in our library. British and french dead were 7,840 and 1,584, respectively, while bulgaria suffered 76,729 fatalities (there are no separate figures for germany). Almost all greek texts i have seen focus on the greek involvement in ww1 or are concerned with the political shenanigans between the allies and the greek governement. The second is a series of letters from egpyt and salonika by octavius c.
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The ship sank within ten minutes, leaving hundreds of survivors struggling in the water. Map of salonika (thessaloniki) in greece, showing allied positions during the first world war: These are 28mm ww1 figures from a number of ranges. The salonika campaign on the 5th october 1915 the first british and french troops landed on the greek port in salonika (now called thessaloniki).
In many ways, the salonika campaign was something of a sideshow.
Throughout the conflict, received wisdom was that the war would be won or lost on the western front. The background to the campaign is complex in terms of politics, involving a tangle of balkan nations and. Most people agree that the macedonian campaign and the british salonika force were rather forgotten after, and even during, wwi. The front line stretched from albania to the mouth of the river struma in greece.
If you are looking to find out more about the british involvement in the salonika campaign then there are quite a few books that deal with the subject.
Brown & sons ltd., cowbridge. Its called my dearest mamma & papa. Up to 10% cash back 'the allies' line facing the bulgarians in the closing campaign of 1916', (c1920). By the time rescue craft arrived several hours later, 167 people had drowned, including.
The salonika campaign society was formed to promote interest in the salonika campaign, fought in northern greece, serbia and albania from 1915 to 1918.
A forgotten campaign of wwi that pitched british, french, greeks, italians, russians and serbians against bulgaria and. On 23 october 1915, a german torpedo slammed into the transport ship marquette as she entered the gulf of salonika in the aegean sea. These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the great war. The aim of the society is to perpetuate the memory of those of all nations who served, whether they were members of the armed forces, medical services or civilian staff.
