5th Airmobile Brigade (Greece)

5th Airmobile Brigade "5th Cretan Division"
5th Airmobile Brigade "5th Cretan Division"
5η Αερομεταφερόμενη Ταξιαρχία Πεζικού "V Μεραρχία Κρητών"
	Camp flag of the 5th Airmobile Brigade
Active	1912–1941; 1951–present
Country	Greece
Allegiance	Provisional Government of National Defence (1916–17)
Branch	Hellenic Army
Type	Air Assault
Role	Rapid reaction
Size	2 Battalions
Part of	ASDEN
Garrison/HQ	Chania, Crete
Motto(s)	Επικρατέειν ή Απόλλυσθαι; “Prevail or be Destroyed” (Herodotus, Histories, VII 104.5)
Engagements	Balkan Wars First Balkan War; Second Balkan War; World War I Macedonian front; Internment at Görlitz; Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922) Battle of the Sakarya; World War II Greco-Italian War Capture of Kleisoura Pass; Battle of Trebeshina; ; Battle of Greece Battle of Crete; ;
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Dimitrios Matthaiopoulos

The 5th Airmobile Brigade "5th Cretan Division" (Greek: 5η Αερομεταφερόμενη Ταξιαρχία Πεζικού «V Μεραρχία Κρητών»), formerly the 5th Infantry Division (V Μεραρχία Πεζικού) and commonly referred to simply as the Cretan Division (Μεραρχία Κρητών), is an air assault brigade of the Hellenic Army responsible for the defense of the southern Aegean sea.

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