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6th Infantry Division VI Μεραρχία Πεζικού (VI ΜΠ)
Flag and Emblem of the 6th Infantry Division
Active	1912–1941, 1946–2003
Country	Greece
Branch	Hellenic Army
Type	Infantry Division
Garrison/HQ	Kilkis, Macedonia
Engagements	First Balkan War, Second Balkan War, World War I, Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922), Greco-Italian War, Greek Civil War

The 6th Infantry Division (Greek: VI Μεραρχία Πεζικού,VI ΜΠ, romanized: VI Merarchia Pezikou, VI MP) was an infantry division of the Hellenic Army.

History

Founded during the mobilization for the First Balkan War. In autumn 1912 it served under Colonel Konstantinos Miliotis-Komninos during the Balkan Wars. It would be disbanded during the National Schism. In autumn 1916, the Serres Division (Μεραρχία Σερρών) was formed by the Provisional Government of National Defence as its first major military formation, and was sent to the Macedonian front. In December 1920, the division was renamed to the 6th Infantry Division. The division fought in the Asia Minor Campaign and the Greco-Italian War. It was dismantled after the German invasion of Greece in 1941. In was reformed in 1946 from the 25th, 26th and 27th Brigades as part of the III Army Corps. In the period 1960–1998 the division came under the II Army Corps. Initially based at Kavala, from 1952 until its disbandment in 2003 it was based at Kilkis

References

v t e 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
ΙΙI Army Corps/NRDC-GR	8th Motorized Infantry Brigade 9th Infantry Brigade 1st Infantry Regiment 10th Infantry Regiment 15th Infantry Regiment 41st Infantry Regiment
IV Army Corps	20th Armoured Division 21st Armoured Brigade 23rd Armoured Brigade 25th Armoured Brigade 12th Mechanized Infantry Division 7th Mechanized Infantry Brigade 31st Mechanized Infantry Brigade 16th Mechanized Infantry Division 3rd Mechanized Infantry Brigade 30th Mechanized Infantry Brigade 29th Mechanized Infantry Brigade 50th Mechanized Infantry Brigade
ASDEN	5th Airmobile Brigade 88th Military Command National Guard Higher Command 79 80 5/42 Regiment 95 1/38 National Guard Command 96 98
ASDYS	4th Infantry Division 11th Infantry Regiment 2/39 Regiment Supply Centre Northern Greece Southern Greece
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Divisions of the Hellenic Army
Infantry	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 Cyprus ('Menelaos')
Other	3rd Special Forces 9th Armoured 19th Mechanized 20th Armoured Cavalry Support

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