2nd Cavalry Regiment (Greece)

2nd Cavalry Regiment
Active	1885–1937
Country	Greece
Branch	Hellenic Army
Type	Cavalry
Engagements	Greco-Turkish War of 1897, Asia Minor Campaign

Last updated March 05, 2019

The 2nd Cavalry Regiment (Greek : 2° Σύνταγμα Ιππικού) was a historic cavalry regiment of the Hellenic Army.

Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus and other parts of the Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea. It has the longest documented history of any living Indo-European language, spanning more than 3000 years of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the major part of its history; other systems, such as Linear B and the Cypriot syllabary, were used previously. The alphabet arose from the Phoenician script and was in turn the basis of the Latin, Cyrillic, Armenian, Coptic, Gothic, and many other writing systems.

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History

The 2nd Cavalry Regiment was established in 1885, when the extant three hipparchies were reorganized and renamed into regiments of four cavalry companies each.^[1] It participated in the Greco-Turkish War of 1897 in Thessaly, as well as in the Asia Minor Campaign, where it distinguished itself in the capture of the Nea Ephesos (Kuşadası) – Sokia (Söke) area in April 1922.^[1] After the war, it remained active, garrisoned in various areas of Thessaly and Macedonia, until its disbandment in 1937.^[1]

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References

1 2 3 4 "Στρατός & Ενημέρωση" (PDF) (in Greek). Hellenic Army General Staff, Information & Public Relations Directorate. 2016. p. 27. Retrieved 1 December 2017.

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[SE39-27-1] 1 2 3 4 "Στρατός & Ενημέρωση" (PDF) (in Greek). Hellenic Army General Staff, Information & Public Relations Directorate. 2016. p. 27. Retrieved 1 December 2017.