3/40 Evzone Regiment
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The 3/40 Evzone Regiment or 40th Evzone Regiment is a historic regiment of Evzones of the Hellenic Army, recruited in Epirus and headquartered in Arta. It was formed in 1913 after the Balkan Wars, and
Evzones near Ioannina, spring 1913
The 8th Infantry Division was an infantry division of the Hellenic Army.
3/40 Evzone Regiment
…At the time of the outbreak of the Greco-Italian War in October 1940, the 3/40 Evzone Regiment, under Col. Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos, was part of the 8th Infantry Division, commanded by Maj. General Charalambos Katsimitros. Facing the brunt of the initial Italian offensive, in the first days of the war the regiment withdrew…
Camp Flag of the 8th Infantry Division