The Terrible Tragedy of Salonica. More Useless Fighting in the Alps; A Singer Loses His Voice. Special to The Great War Project. (27 August) A true disaster hit the Salonica front (now Thessaloniki, Greece) in these days one hundred years ago. A disastrous fire breaks out on August 18th – cause unclear – in the…
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SALONIKA: THE MOST FORGOTTEN FRONT
by Mike Shuster
Greece is Now in the Fight, Seeking Ancient Lands Most Troops Dying from Malaria, Other Diseases. Special to The Great War Project (9-12 September) On this day a century ago, there is much news from a lesser known theater of the war. Another front is opening in the war. It is the Salonika Front, centered…