1st Infantry Division (Greece)

1st Infantry Division "Smyrni"
1st Infantry Division "Smyrni"
1η Μεραρχία Πεζικού «ΣΜΥΡΝΗ» (Ι ΜΠ)
	Emblem of the 1st Infantry Division
Active	1897–1916; 1917–1941; 1948–1954; 1974–present
Country	Greece
Branch	Hellenic Army
Role	Rapid Reaction Force; Special Forces
Size	5 Brigades
Part of	First Army
Garrison/HQ	Veroia, Macedonia
Motto(s)	[Like The] Wind; ΑΕΡΑ; Aera
Engagements	Greco-Turkish War (1897) Battle of Domokos; Battle of the Sakarya; ; Balkan Wars First Balkan War Battle of Sarantaporo; ; Second Balkan War Battle of Kilkis-Lachanas; Battle of Kresna Gorge; ; ; World War I Macedonian front; ; Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922) Greek landing at Smyrna; Battle of Aydin; ; World War II Greco-Italian War Battle of Pindus; Italian Spring Offensive Battle of Hill 731; ; ; Battle of Greece; ; Greek Civil War; IFOR/SFOR; 1997 Albanian civil unrest; ISAF;
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Nikolaos Makris; Emmanouil Manousogiannakis; Nikolaos Zafeiriou; Vasileios Vrachnos

The 1st Infantry Division "Smyrni" (Greek: I Μεραρχία Πεζικού «ΣΜΥΡΝΗ» (Ι ΜΠ), romanized: I Merarchía Pezikoú "Smýrni") is a historic and elite division of the Hellenic Army. It was founded in 1897 as an infantry division and has fought in all major conflicts in which Greece has been involved. During the Balkan Wars, it acquired the sobriquet "Iron Division" (Greek: «Σιδηρά Μεραρχία», romanized: Sidirá Merarchía).

It is currently headquartered in Veroia, Macedonia. Despite its title, it is no longer a conventional infantry division, but a formation comprising the various special forces of the Hellenic Army - a role similar to that once held by the now disbanded 3rd Special Forces Division.

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