Salonika Expedition

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Allied military operation World War I campaign military campaign

The Salonika Expedition was an Allied military campaign during World War I in the Balkans, centered on forces based around the Greek port city of Salonika (Thessaloniki) to oppose Central Powers operations in the region.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Salonika campaign 1
Salonika front offensives 1
Salonika front operations 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Allied military operation ⓘ
World War I campaign ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
alliances Entente Powers ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Balkan theatre of World War I ⓘ
surface form: Macedonian Front

Balkan Front ⓘ
surface form: Salonika Front
basedAround Salonika ⓘ
surface form: Thessaloniki, Greece

port city of Salonika ⓘ
belligerent Allied Powers of World War I ⓘ
surface form: Allied Powers

Central Powers ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
countryInvolved France ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
Serbia ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
endTime 1918 ⓘ
frontType secondary front ⓘ
garrisonCity Salonika ⓘ
hasObjective open a new front in the Balkans ⓘ
oppose Central Powers operations in the Balkans ⓘ
support Serbia against Central Powers ⓘ
involvedBranch French Navy ⓘ
Royal Navy ⓘ
location Balkans NERFINISHED ⓘ
Macedonia (Greece) ⓘ
surface form: Macedonia region

Salonika ⓘ
Salonika ⓘ
surface form: Thessaloniki
militaryBranch Allied ground forces ⓘ
notableCommander Louis Franchet d'Espèrey NERFINISHED ⓘ
Maurice Sarrail NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedAlliance Central Powers ⓘ
surface form: Central Powers alliance
opposedCountry Austria-Hungary NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bulgaria ⓘ
Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Allied war effort in World War I ⓘ
relatedTo Balkan theatre of World War I ⓘ
Balkan theatre of World War I ⓘ
surface form: Serbian Campaign of World War I
result Allied breakthrough in Macedonia in 1918 ⓘ
contributed to collapse of Bulgaria in 1918 ⓘ
startTime 1915 ⓘ
strategicImportance control of land routes in the Balkans ⓘ
pressure on Bulgaria and Austria-Hungary from the south ⓘ
theaterOfOperations Balkan theatre of World War I ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Invasion of Serbia (1915) → followedBy → Salonika Expedition ⓘ
this entity surface form: Salonika front operations
Balkan Front → hasPart → Salonika Expedition ⓘ
Mediterranean theatre of World War I → hasPart → Salonika Expedition ⓘ
this entity surface form: Salonika campaign
this entity surface form: Salonika front offensives