3/40 Evzone Regiment

The 3/40 Evzone Regiment (Greek: 3/40 Σύνταγμα Ευζώνων, 3/40 ΣΕ) or 40th Regiment (40° Σύνταγμα) was an elite regiment of Evzones of the Hellenic Army, recruited in Epirus and headquartered in Arta. It was formed in 1913 after the Balkan Wars. In 1920, it was the first Greek unit to enter Adrianople, the capital of Eastern Thrace which had been ceded to Greece by the Treaty of Sèvres. Upon the outbreak of the Greco-Italian War, the unit had just come under the command of Col. Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos, and was among the first to face the Italian attack.

The unit was disbanded after the conquest of the country by the Germans in 1941, but during the subsequent occupation, the two largest armed resistance groups, EAM-ELAS and EDES, both formed their own units named after the regiment.

Recipients of the Commander's Cross of the Cross of Valour

Individuals	Constantine I of Greece George II of Greece Paul of Greece Epameinondas Kavvadias Pavlos Kountouriotis Alexandros Papagos Anastasios Papoulas Alexandros Sakellariou Konstantinos Ventiris Petros Voulgaris

Units	1st Infantry Regiment 2nd Infantry Regiment (twice) 3rd Infantry Regiment (twice) 4th Infantry Regiment 5th Infantry Regiment 6th Infantry Regiment (twice) 7th Infantry Regiment 8th Infantry Regiment 9th Infantry Regiment 11th Infantry Regiment 12th Infantry Regiment 14th Infantry Regiment (twice) 16th Infantry Regiment 17th Infantry Regiment 19th Infantry Regiment 20th Infantry Regiment 21st Infantry Regiment 22nd Infantry Regiment 23rd Infantry Regiment 25th Infantry Regiment 26th Infantry Regiment 27th Infantry Regiment 28th Infantry Regiment 30th Infantry Regiment 33rd Infantry Regiment 34th Infantry Regiment (twice) 35th Infantry Regiment 37th Infantry Regiment 1/38 Evzone Regiment 2/39 Evzone Regiment (twice) 3/40 Evzone Regiment 41st Infantry Regiment 5/42 Evzone Regiment (twice) 43rd Infantry Regiment 44th Infantry Regiment 45th Infantry Regiment 46th Infantry Regiment 1st, 2nd, 3rd Bts of 3rd Mountain Brigade Greek Reinforced Battalion in Korea Hellenic Air Force Academy Hellenic Army Academy Hellenic Naval Academy Sacred Band

Recipients are in alphabetical, not chronological, order

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