The Salonica theatre of operations and its part in the outcome of the First World War

Authors

  • Ioannis Mourelos

Keywords:

Salonica, Thessaloniki, World War 1, Salonica WW1, Thessaloniki WW1

Abstract

Salonica and World War I are a pairing that inevitably brings specific images to mind: the existence, for instance, of a curious medley of races and cultures, to which the circumstantial presence of foreign troops (many of them coming from the distant colonies) added a rather exotic note; the great fire of 1917 and the planning and rebuilding of the city; the upsurge of political passions and confrontations that led to the eruption of the Venizelist National Defence movement and the formation of a provisional government; images, finally, like the existence in the same space of an international expeditionary force that enjoyed the luxury, in time of war, of gardening -to repeat the expression of France’s government- and whose overriding concern was not to add to the already long list of losses due to malaria. But is this how it really was?

Author Biography

Ioannis Mourelos

Professor of Modern and Contemporary History
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

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Published

01-12-2015

How to Cite

Mourelos, I. (2015). The Salonica theatre of operations and its part in the outcome of the First World War. Macedonian Studies Journal, 2(1). Retrieved from https://ojs.aims.edu.au/index.php/msj/article/view/2