16th Infantry Division (Greece)

16th Mechanized Infantry Division "Didymoteicho" XVI Μηχανοκίνητη Μεραρχία Πεζικού "ΔΙΔΥΜΟΤΕΙΧΟ"
Emblem of the 16th Mechanized Infantry Division
Active	1975–present
Country	Greece
Branch	Hellenic Army
Type	Mechanized Infantry
Size	Division
Part of	IV Army Corps
Garrison/HQ	Didymoteicho, Western Thrace
Motto(s)	"We Shall All Die Willingly" (πᾶντες αὐτοπροαιρέτως ἀποθανοῦμεν, pántes autoproairétos apothanoúmen)
Engagements	I World War Greco-Italian War

I World War

The 16th Mechanized Infantry Division "Didymoteicho" (Greek: XVI Μηχανοκίνητη Μεραρχία Πεζικού «ΔΙΔΥΜΟΤΕΙΧΟ»; XVI Michanokíniti Merarchía Pezikoú "Didymóteicho") is a mechanized infantry division of the Hellenic Army.

The 16th Infantry Division was formed for the first time in late 1915 or early 1916, following the Greek mobilization on 10 September 1915, in response to the mobilization of Bulgaria. It comprised the 46th, 47th, and 48th Infantry Regiments, and was part of the V Army Corps. In June 1916, it was transferred to Northern Epirus, with headquarters at Argyrokastron and the regiments based at Korytsa, Argyrokastron, and Premeti respectively. The division was withdrawn south following the Italian occupation of the area in autumn 1916. In April 1917, along with the rest of the Hellenic Army still loyal to the royal government in Athens, it was withdrawn to the Peloponnese at the insistence of the Entente powers. Its final base was at Pyrgos, Elis, where it was disbanded shortly after.

At the commencement of the Greco-Italian War in October 1940, it was reactivated in Lamia as a brigade but was quickly expanded to a division-strength by the end of the year and placed under the command of the Western Macedonia Army Section (III Army Corps). The 16th Division took part in operations against Italian forces throughout the campaign, capturing Hill 601 near Tseritsa on 10 February 1941, holding the line against repeated Italian attacks in the Tomoritsa Sector, and capturing Teke Hill on 31 March 1941 by bayonet charge. The division was disbanded in Agrinio, for a second time, in May 1941, after the German invasion of Greece.