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The 4th Infantry Division (Greek: IV Μεραρχία Πεζικού, IV ΜΠ, romanized: IV Merarchia Pezikou, IV MP) is a formation of the Hellenic Army. Founded in 1912 as an infantry division, it continues to exist today as a reserve and training formation, headquartered in Tripoli, Peloponnese.
History
The division was established in 1912 at Nafplio, with Major General Konstantinos Moschopoulos as its first commander, and comprising the 8th, 9th and 11th Infantry Regiments. Moschopoulos commanded the division during the First Balkan War, where it fought in both the Macedonian and the Epirus fronts, as well as during the Second Balkan War against Bulgaria. After the Balkan Wars, the division (8th, 11th and 35th Regiments) returned to the Peloponnese under the newly formed II Army Corps.
The division participated in the Asia Minor Campaign, where it was almost destroyed in the Battle of Dumlupınar in August 1922, as it faced the brunt of the Turkish offensive. Reformed in Greece, it fought in the Albanian front during the Greco-Italian War and was disbanded after the German invasion of Greece in April 1941. The division was reformed after the war, and has remained at Tripoli ever since.
Organization
Division HQ Company (ΛΣ/IV ΜΠ), at Tripoli
2/39 Evzone Regiment (2/39 ΣΕ), at Missolonghi
11th Infantry Regiment (11ο ΣΠ), at Tripolis
Communications Training Centre (ΚΕΔΒ), at Kalamata
Engineers Training Centre (ΚΕΜΧ), at Nafplio
Supply and Transport Training Centre (ΚΕΕΜ), at Sparti
Telecommunications Technicians Training School, at Pyrgos
Engineer Corps School, at Loutraki
Technical Corps Training Centre (ΚΕΤΧ), at Patras
References
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- 4th Infantry Division (Greece)
- 4th Division
- 4th Infantry Division (India)
- 4th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)
- 1st Infantry Division (Greece)
- 3rd Infantry Division (United States)
- 4th Infantry Brigade (Greece)
- 2nd Mechanized Infantry Division (Greece)
- 13th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)
- 16th Mechanized Infantry Division (Greece)
