СОЛУНСКИ ФРОНТ У МЕМОАРСКИМ БЕЛЕШКАМА ГЕНЕРАЛА МОРИСА САРАЈА И МАРШАЛА ФРАНШЕ Д’ЕПЕРЕА
THESSALONIKI FRONT IN MEMOIRS OF GENERAL MAURICE SARRAIL AND MARSHAL FRANCHET D’ESPEREY

Summary/Abstract: Based on memoirs of two French officers – General Maurice Sarrail and Marshal Franchet D’Esperèy, the paper gives an overview of the Thessaloniki front and the war in the Balkans from autumn 1915, when the front was established, until its breakthrough in September 1918. Maurice Sarrail was the first commander-in-chief of L’Armée d’Orient (July 1915 – December 1917) and Franchet D’Esperèy was its third and last commander (June 1918 – July 1920). These are two entirely different historical personalities and the comparative analysis of them will enable us to comprehensively examine the war in the Balkans and the Allies’ attitude towards this, in their view, secondrate front. Our research focuses on their relationship and cooperation with the Serbian army, and their view of the role and importance of the Thessaloniki front in the Entente’s victory over the Central Powers in the First World War.

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