ABSTRACT

The ‘Macedonian question’ has been much studied in recent years as has the political history of the period from the Balkan Wars in 1912-13 to the Treaty of Lausanne in 1923. But for a variety of reasons, connected with the political division of Greece and the involvement of outside powers, the events at and behind the Macedonian front have been side-lined. The recent commemorations of the centenary of the end of the First World War in the UK illustrate how by comparison with the enormous and moving emphasis on the western front, Macedonia has been not wholly but largely ignored. This volume illuminates this comparatively neglected period of Greek history and examines the strategic and military aspects of the war in Macedonia and the political, social, economic and cultural context of the war.

part I|53 pages

The context

chapter 1|11 pages

The Salonika campaign

An overview

chapter 4|7 pages

Resisting National Defence

Greek mutinies and desertions in 1916–18

chapter 5|12 pages

The second Great War, 1917–23

part II|102 pages

On and behind the front line

chapter 8|10 pages

‘Baby killers’ in the Balkans

Airship raids on Salonika and their impact

chapter 9|13 pages

Malaria and the Salonika Campaign

chapter 10|13 pages

‘New Cotton and the dust of ages’

Nursing in and around Salonika from 1915 to 1918

chapter 12|11 pages

Housing, infrastructure, social issues in Salonika during World War I

The presence and role of the Army of the Orient

chapter 13|9 pages

Greek Eastern Macedonia, 1916–18

The experience of the Bulgarian occupation

chapter 14|8 pages

Behind the front lines

Serbian soldiers on everyday life in Salonika

part III|46 pages

War of words and ideologies

chapter 15|11 pages

The image of the enemy

Greek propaganda during the Salonika campaign, 1917–18

chapter 16|7 pages

‘The history of the Balkan policy of the Allies is a series of intangible mistakes’

Ernst von Falkenhausen and his perceptions of the Balkan Front

chapter 18|10 pages

Beyond the Anathema

The Church of Greece as policy agent during World War I

part IV|56 pages

The end and the aftermath

chapter 21|5 pages

‘The Real Gardeners of Salonika’

The Imperial War Graves Commission on the Macedonian Front

chapter 22|9 pages

War pensions in Greece

Healing the social wounds of a decade of war

chapter 24|15 pages

Painting visions of war and peace

Stanley Spencer, Henry Lamb and the Salonika campaign