The Liberation of Thessaloniki, Macedonia – October 26, 1912.
As the First Balkan War broke out, Greece declared war on the Ottoman Empire and expanded its borders. When Eleftherios Venizelos, Prime Minister at the time, was asked if the Greek army should move towards Thessaloniki or Monastiri (now Bitola, Vardarska-FYROM), Venizelos replied “Salonique à tout prix!” (Thessaloniki, at all costs!). As both Greece and…