5th Airmobile Brigade (Greece)

5th Airmobile Brigade "5th Cretan Division"
5η Αερομεταφερόμενη Ταξιαρχία Πεζικού "V Μεραρχία Κρητών"
Camp flag of the 5th Airmobile Brigade
Active1912–1941
1951–present
Country Greece
AllegianceGreece Provisional Government of National Defence (1916–17)
Branch Hellenic Army
TypeAir Assault
RoleRapid reaction
Size2 Battalions
Part ofASDEN
Garrison/HQChania, Crete
Motto(s)Επικρατέειν ή Απόλλυσθαι
“Prevail or be Destroyed” (Herodotus, Histories, VII 104.5)
EngagementsBalkan Wars

World War I

Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922)

World War II

Commanders
Notable
commanders
Dimitrios Matthaiopoulos

The 5th Airmobile Brigade "5th Cretan Division" (Greek: 5η Αερομεταφερόμενη Ταξιαρχία Πεζικού «V Μεραρχία Κρητών»), formerly the 5th Infantry Division (V Μεραρχία Πεζικού) and commonly referred to simply as the Cretan Division (Μεραρχία Κρητών), is an air assault brigade of the Hellenic Army responsible for the defense of the southern Aegean sea.