I've previously presented a major article on the Great Retreat of the Serbian Army in 1915, and on its subsequent return to action on the Salonika Front and its critical contribution to the Allied victory HERE.
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Recently, I discovered the Serbian Ministry of Defence have presented a massive 56-part photo album of their nation's efforts during the First World War. Here's a selection (6 of 18 images) from the album section on the 1915 Great Retreat, which they call "The Albanian Golgotha." The 155-mile retreat involved approximately 400,000 soldiers and civilians, with roughly half perishing from cold, starvation, and disease during the winter trek through Albanian mountains. Only about 120,000–150,000 soldiers and 60,000 civilians survived to be evacuated by Allied ships to the Greek island of Corfu.
A link is provided below for viewing the entire collection.
Visit the entire collection HERE.
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