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Hellenic Army is commanded by the Hellenic Army General Staff which supervises five major commands[ citation needed ]. These are:
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Hellenic Army is commanded by the Hellenic Army General Staff which supervises five major commands[ citation needed ]. These are:
III Army Corps (Γ' Σώμα Στρατού) doubles as a NATO Deployable Corps:
The Croatian Army is the land force branch of the Croatian Armed Forces. It is numerically the largest of the three branches of the Croatian Armed Forces. The HKoV is the main force for the defense of the country against external threats, and in addition to the task of defending the Republic of Croatia, the HKoV also has the task of participating in peace support operations and humanitarian operations as part of international forces, as well as the task of preventing and eliminating the consequences of emergency situations in the country caused by natural and technical accidents and disasters.
The Italian Army is the land force branch of the Italian Armed Forces. The army's history dates back to the Italian unification in the 1850s and 1860s. The army fought in colonial engagements in China, Libya, Northern Italy against the Austro-Hungarian Empire during World War I, Abyssinia before World War II and in World War II in Albania, Balkans, North Africa, the Soviet Union, and Italy itself. During the Cold War, the army prepared itself to defend against a Warsaw Pact invasion from the east. Since the end of the Cold War, the army has seen extensive peacekeeping service and combat in Afghanistan and Iraq. Its best-known combat vehicles are the Dardo infantry fighting vehicle, the Centauro tank destroyer and the Ariete tank and among its aircraft the Mangusta attack helicopter, recently deployed in UN missions. The headquarters of the Army General Staff are located in Rome opposite the Quirinal Palace, where the president of Italy resides. The army is an all-volunteer force of active-duty personnel.
The Greek First Army, is the highest formation of the Hellenic Army and its only extant field army.
General Dimitrios Grapsas is a Greek military officer, who served as the Chief of the Hellenic National Defense General Staff from August 2007 to August 2009.
The III Hellenic Army Corps / NATO Rapid Deployable Corps – Greece, abbreviated NRDC-GR, is an operational headquarters of the Hellenic Army, intended for the direction of international operations undertaken by the European Union and NATO. The HQ was originally going to replace the III Army Corps of the Hellenic Army altogether, taking control of its rapid response units, but this was changed in 2009, so that the two HQs essentially co-exist as a joint formation, each controlling different units of the old Army Corps. The Corps is based in the city of Thessaloniki since 1946.
The I Army Corps was an army corps of the Hellenic Army, founded in December 1913. Originally based in Athens and covering southern Greece, since 1962 it was responsible for covering Greece's northwestern borders. It was disbanded in 2013.
The IV Army Corps "Thrace" is an army corps of the Hellenic Army. Established before the First World War, it served in all conflicts Greece participated in until the German invasion of Greece in 1941. Re-established in 1976, it has been guarding the Greco-Turkish land border along the Evros River, and is the most powerful formation in the Hellenic Army.
The 12th Mechanized Infantry Division "Evros" is a military formation of the Hellenic Army, based at Alexandroupoli, Thrace.
The 16th Mechanized Infantry Division "Didymoteicho" is a mechanized infantry division of the Hellenic Army.
The 20th Armoured Division "Macedonia" of the Hellenic Army is headquartered in Kavala, Macedonia. It is the Army's only armoured division.
The 2nd Mechanized Infantry Division is a mechanized infantry division of the Hellenic Army.
The Supreme Military Command of the Interior and Islands, more commonly known as ASDEN, is a Corps-sized formation of the Hellenic Army responsible for the defence of the Aegean Islands.
The II Army Corps was an army corps of the Hellenic Army. Established in 1913, it took part in all subsequent wars of Greece. Since 1998 the corps functioned as a strategic reserve force, and comprised the Army's special forces and army aviation units, as well as mechanized infantry. It was disbanded on 29 November 2013.
The 1st Infantry Division "Smyrni" is a historic and elite division of the Hellenic Army. It was founded in 1897 as an infantry division and has fought in all major conflicts in which Greece has been involved. During the Balkan Wars, it acquired the sobriquet "Iron Division".
The 24th Armoured Brigade "1st Cavalry Regiment Florina" is an armoured brigade of the Hellenic Army, based at Litochoro and subordinated to the I Army Corps.
The Supreme Military Support Command is a corps-level military command of the Hellenic Army that provides support for its formations and units.
The Soviet order of battle for Operation Uranus details the combat units of the Soviet forces that fought in Operation Uranus, the Soviet strategic counteroffensive that led to the encirclement of the German troops in Stalingrad. The order of battle lists units present on 19 November 1942, the day the operation began, from north to south.
The 1/38 National Guard Command "Bizani" is an infantry unit of the Hellenic Army, based in Rhodes island as part of the 95th National Guard Higher Command. It carries on the traditions of the elite 1/38 Evzone Regiment.
The 9th Motorized Infantry Brigade is a motorized infantry brigade of the Hellenic Army. Headquartered in Kozani and subordinated to the III Army Corps, it was formed from the former 9th Infantry Division on 1 April 1998.
The 29th Mechanized Infantry Brigade "Pogradec" is a mechanized infantry brigade of the Hellenic Army. It is headquartered in Komotini as part of IV Army Corps.
