8th Infantry Division (Greece)

8th Infantry Division
8th Infantry Division
VIII Μεραρχία Πεζικού (VIII ΜΠ)
	Camp Flag of the 8th Infantry Division
Active	1913-1941; 1946-2013
Country	Greece
Branch	Hellenic Army
Type	Infantry
Size	Division
Part of	III Army Corps
Garrison/HQ	Ioannina, Epirus
Motto(s)	ΟΧΙ; "NO"
Engagements	Balkan Wars First Balkan War Battle of Bizani; ; Second Balkan War; World War II Greco-Italian War Battle of Elaia–Kalamas; ; Battle of Greece;
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Dimitrios Matthaiopoulos; Charalambos Katsimitros

The 8th Infantry Division (Greek: VIII Μεραρχία Πεζικού, VIII ΜΠ; VIII Merarchia Pezikou, VIII MP) was an infantry division of the Hellenic Army.

Active since the Balkan Wars, the division is most notable for its decisive role during the first days of the Greco-Italian War, when it successfully stopped the initial Italian offensive, and bought time for Greek reinforcements to arrive and turn the tide.

In a wide-ranging army reorganization in 2013, the division was reduced in size to a brigade-level formation - the 8th Motorized Infantry Brigade.^[1]

^ Ε.Σ. και Νέα Δομή Δυνάμεων: Ο «Μεγάλος Ασθενής» αναζητά θεραπεία. e-amyna.gr (in Greek). 23 June 2014. Archived from the original on 28 June 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2014.

[ndd-1] Ε.Σ. και Νέα Δομή Δυνάμεων: Ο «Μεγάλος Ασθενής» αναζητά θεραπεία. e-amyna.gr (in Greek). 23 June 2014. Archived from the original on 28 June 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2014.

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