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Greece agreed in 2021 to get three new Belharra frigates for 3.0 billion euros ($3.34 billion), with an option for one more, as it aims to replace old units that have operated for more than 30 ...
In 19 September 2024 during the event of launching ceremony for the frigate “Nearchos”, the Defense Minister announced that Greece is starting procedures to acquire a fourth frigate of the same type. He also revealed that Greece will proceed with the order of strategic MdCN missiles.
Variant of the Dutch Kortenaer-class frigates. Elli and Limnos built specifically for the Hellenic Navy. Eight further Kortenaer-class frigates bought second-hand from the Netherlands. Bouboulina decommissioned in 2013. France: Class: Kimon (F 601) Φ/Γ Κίμων: Commissioned in September 2023.
The IV Army Corps "Thrace" (Greek: Δ΄ Σώμα Στρατού «Θράκη», abbr. Δ΄ ΣΣ) 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.
The Italians were thus responsible for the greater part of Greece, especially the countryside, where any armed Resistance might take place. Italian forces in Greece comprised 11 infantry divisions, grouped in the 11th Army under General Carlo Geloso, [13] with a further division in the Italian colony of the Dodecanese Islands.
According to NATO sources in 2008, Greece spent 2.8% of GDP on its military, which translated to about €6.9 billion (US$9.3 billion). [7] In 2008, Greece was the largest importer of conventional weapons in Europe and its military spending was the highest in the European Union relative to the country's GDP, reaching twice the European average ...
4th Infantry Brigade (Brig. Edward Puttick) 5th Infantry Brigade (Brig. James Hargest) 6th Infantry Brigade (Brig. Harold Barrowclough) British 1st Armoured Brigade (Brig. Harold Vincent Spencer Charrington) [10] 7th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery; 64th (London) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery; 2nd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
11th Infantry Regiment (Greece) 12th Infantry Division (Greece) 13th Light Bomber Squadron; 14th Infantry Division (Greece) 16th Infantry Division (Greece) 17th Infantry Division (Greece) 18th Infantry Division (Greece) 19th Mechanized Division (Greece) 20th Infantry Division (Greece) 29th Infantry Regiment (Greece) 41st Infantry Regiment (Greece)