On 14 June 1944 some fifty tMRO veterans, led by Georgi Dimcev, an officer in the Bulgarian air force, established themselves in Edessa, where they made up the officers, corps of the Third Macedonian Brigade.
The members of the brigade had been conscripted from the three Macedonian prefectures (Florina, Kastoria, and Edessa). Two battalions, each 250 strong, comprised the main body of the brigade, and the civil guard supported its operations against the Communists.
Three SS officers, Heyde, Hellman, and Degler, planned the operations and they were carried out by Brigadier DimPev. In July t944, one of the two battalions led by KalLev left Edessa and headed for the mountain villages of Vermio and Pindos. Dirntev and the other battalion undertook to confront ELAS at its strongholds near Edessa Ohrana's main
political slogan was “Independent Macedonia”.
Out of the Goce Battalion and the Aridaia-Edessa Battalion, “the First Aegean Macedonian Brigade” was forrned in Monastir on 18 November, its purpose being to “liberate Aegean Macedonia”.
The commander was Ilias Dimakis, vice-commander Naoum Peyios, political delegate Mihalis Keramidzis, and vice-delegate Vangelis Ayannis (Vangel Ajanovski-Oce). Bulgaro-Macedonians also poured into the Stip and Skopje camps; they had emigrated to Bulgaria from Greek Macedonia between the Wars and now presented themselves as Macedonian nationalists anxious to fight for the “liberation of Thessaloniki”.
These irredentist plans were supported both by the GHQ of Yugoslav Macedonia (Apostolski and Uzunovski) and by President Metodija Andonovtento.
2007-04-24 08:55:09
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answered by akritas 1
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I think you mean, Slavophile brigade of Aegean Macedonia. Unfortunately I can't find any information on it. This site, http://www.stevenredhead.com/ has a section on famous battles you may find what you're looking for.
2007-04-23 15:09:10
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answered by Caretaker 7
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