4th Infantry Division (Greece)

4th Infantry Division IV Μεραρχία Πεζικού (IV ΜΠ)
Flag and Emblem of the 4th Infantry Division
Active	1912–1941, 1951–today
Country	Greece
Branch	Hellenic Army
Type	Training and Reserve
Part of	ASDEN
Garrison/HQ	Tripoli, Peloponnese
Motto(s)	Freedom or Death ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΙΑ H ΘΑΝΑΤΟΣ
Engagements	First Balkan War, Second Balkan War, World War I, Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922), Greco-Italian War

The 4th Infantry Division (Greek: IV Μεραρχία Πεζικού, IV ΜΠ; 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
6th Infantry Regiment (6ο ΣΠ), at Loutraki (disbanded February 2013)
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

Formations of the Hellenic Army

Hellenic Army General Staff

First Army	1st Infantry Division 1st Raider/Paratrooper Brigade 13th Special Operations Command 32nd Marines Brigade 71st Airmobile Brigade 1st Army Aviation Brigade 2nd Mechanized Infantry Division 24th Armoured Brigade 33rd Mechanized Infantry Brigade 34th Mechanized Infantry Brigade 20th Armoured Division 25th Armoured Brigade

ΙΙI Army Corps/NDC-GR	1st Infantry Regiment 8th Motorized Infantry Brigade 9th Infantry Brigade 10th Infantry Regiment 15th Infantry Regiment

IV Army Corps	12th Mechanized Infantry Division 7th Mechanized Infantry Brigade 31st Mechanized Infantry Brigade 23rd Armoured Brigade 16th Mechanized Infantry Division 3rd Mechanized Infantry Brigade 30th Mechanized Infantry Brigade 21st Armoured Brigade 29th Mechanized Infantry Brigade 50th Mechanized Infantry Brigade

ASDEN	5th Airmobile Brigade 79th National Guard Higher Command 80th National Guard Higher Command 88th Military Command 95th National Guard Higher Command 96th National Guard Higher Command 98th National Guard Higher Command

ASDYS	Northern Greece Supply Centre Southern Greece Supply Centre

Army Academy Military Geographical Service

Divisions of the Hellenic Army

Infantry divisions	1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 20th 98 ADTE Adrianople Archipelago Continental Greece Crete Independent Kydoniai Magnesia Peloponnese Serres Smyrna Xanthi

Other	3rd Special Forces 19th Mechanized 20th Armoured Cavalry Support

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