5/42 Evzone Regiment

The 5/42 Evzone Regiment (Greek: 5/42 Σύνταγμα Ευζώνων, 5/42 ΣΕ) or 42nd Regiment (42° Σύνταγμα) was an elite regiment of Evzones of the Hellenic Army, recruited in Phthiotis, Central Greece and headquartered in Lamia. The unit was formed after the Balkan Wars, and served in the Entente intervention in the Russian Civil War, the Greco-Turkish War of 1919–1922 and the Greco-Italian War during World War II.

During the Greco-Turkish War of 1919-1922, the Turks called their leader Nikolaos Plastiras Şeytanın kumandanı ("Satan's commandant") or Kara Şeytan ("Black Satan") while the 5/42 Evzone Regiment became known as the Şeytanın Ordusu ("Satan's Army") or Şeytanın askerleri ("Satan's soldiers").

The unit was disbanded after the conquest of the country by the Germans in 1941. During the Axis Occupation of Greece however, the armed wing of the National and Social Liberation resistance group was named after it as 5/42 Evzones Regiment by EKKA's military leader, Colonel Dimitrios Psarros.

In April 1944 the Regiment was attacked by ELAS (controlled by the Communist Party of Greece) and dissolved. After the battle troops of ELAS tortured and executed all the captives, including Psarros.

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Greece during World War II

1940–41 Balkan Campaign	Occupation and Resistance		Mountain government

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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