page_title: 3/40 Evzone Regiment
section_title: Balkan Wars
hierarchical_section_title: 3/40 Evzone Regiment / History / Balkan Wars
caption_attribution_description: English: Greek Evzones in Ioannina region (Epirus) after the Battle of Bizani (First Balkan War) 1913. Ελληνικά: Εύζωνες αποχωρούν από τα Ιωάννινα, μετά την Μάχη του Μπιζανίου (Ά Βαλκανικός Πόλεμος) 1913.
context_page_description: The 3/40 Evzone Regiment or 40th Evzone Regiment is a historic regiment of Evzones of the Hellenic Army, recruited in Epirus and headquartered in Arta. It was formed in 1913 after the Balkan Wars, and disbanded in the post-World War II period. It exists today as a nominal reserve formation to be mobilized in wartime.
context_section_description: Under the command of Lt. Colonel Alexandros Kontoulis, the 3rd Evzone Battalion took part in the First Balkan War, following Greek advance in the Epirus front during the autumn of 1912 up to Kleisoura and Tepeleni, in modern Albania. In April 1913, the battalion was moved to Boemitsa in Macedonia, due to the looming conflict with Bulgaria, Greece's ally in the First Balkan War, over the division of the spoils. There the battalion was expanded into the 3rd Evzone Regiment, numbered 40th among the infantry regiments, and placed under the 10th Infantry Division. Already before the outbreak of the Second Balkan War, the regiment fought against Bulgarian probing skirmishes at Karasouli, leaving an officer and two NCOs dead. After the outbreak of hostilities, the 3/40 Regiment covered the left flank of the Greek army and fought in the battles of Doiran, Strumica, up to the area of Pehčevo, where the regiment distinguished itself in the hard-fought battle around Height 1900.
  After the end of hostilities, the regiment returned to Arta. During the mobilization of 1915, it was transferred to the Pangaion Hills area in Macedonia, but returned to Arta following demobilization. With the National Schism and the disintegration of the Greek army loyal to the royal government, the 3/40 Regiment too was virtually disbanded.
caption: Evzones near Ioannina, spring 1913
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