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with just 7,000 Greek men in order to delay the invading
Persian army. He was asked why he had come to fight such a huge host with so few men. Leonidas answered, "If numbers are what matters, all Greece cannot match a small part of that army; but if courage is what counts, this number is sufficient."
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decided the disbandment of the brigade as part of a new force structure for the
Hellenic Army. However, within months, it was decided that the brigade would eventually be reduced to the level of a regiment. The brigade was officially reorganized and renamed the
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recently (2013) reduced in size from a brigade. The brigade was formed on 31 March 1998 when the
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Motorized Infantry Battalion (585 M/Π ΤΠ EKE) based at
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15η Μηχανοποιημένη Ταξιαρχία Πεζικού «ΠΥΞΟΣ» (15η Μ/Π ΤΑΞΠΖ)
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was reduced in size as part of a force restructuring in the
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Infantry Division - a
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320:15ο Σύνταγμα Πεζικού «XV ΜΠ» (15ο ΣΠ «XV ΜΠ»)
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312:15th Infantry Regiment "XV Inf. Div."
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830:30th Mechanized Infantry Brigade
803:31st Mechanized Infantry Brigade
686:34th Mechanized Infantry Brigade
681:33rd Mechanized Infantry Brigade
668:2nd Mechanized Infantry Division
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391:). The phrase was attributed to
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798:7th Mechanized Infantry Brigade
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441:15th Support Battalion (15 ΤΥΠ)
710:8th Motorized Infantry Brigade
634:1st Raider–Paratrooper Brigade
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447:15th Engineer Company (15 ΛΜΧ)
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182:15ο Σύνταγμα Πεζικού (15ο ΣΠ)
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444:15th Signal Company (15 ΛΔΒ)
193:15o Syntagma Pezikoú, 15o SP
40:15ο Σύνταγμα Πεζικού (XV ΜΠ)
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332:15 Sýntagma Pezikoú "XV MP"
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408:και ούτος ο αριθμός ικανός
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377:Και Ούτος Ο Αριθμός Ικανός
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369:This Number Is Sufficient
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758:20th Armoured Division
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727:10th Infantry Regiment
701:ΙΙI Army Corps/NRDC-GR
649:71st Airmobile Brigade
229:15th Infantry Division
209:15th Infantry Division
946:4th Infantry Division
872:88th Military Command
867:5th Airmobile Brigade
776:25th Armoured Brigade
771:23rd Armoured Brigade
766:21st Armoured Brigade
720:1st Infantry Regiment
676:24th Armoured Brigade
626:1st Infantry Division
529:(in Greek). May 2012.
247:). It evolved into a
237:15th Infantry Brigade
715:9th Infantry Brigade
644:32nd Marines Brigade
125:9th Infantry Brigade
1253:Cyprus ('Menelaos')
421:HQ (ΛΔ/15ου ΣΠ) at
1269:3rd Special Forces
1208:Continental Greece
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1002:Presidential Guard
249:motorized infantry
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1198:Adrianople
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587:Formations
539:Plutarch,
501:7 December
452:References
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1223:Kydoniai
1090:Infantry
1037:Uniforms
430:Kastoria
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393:Leonidas
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145:Motto(s)
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115:Regiment
105:Infantry
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1289:Cavalry
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