Tribute to the heroic Red Cross nurses of the 1940 epictranslated

The Hellenic Red Cross (E.E.S.) celebrates the national anniversary of October 28, 1940 and pays due respect to the heroines of the Red Cross nurses who sacrificed themselves for the country, during the Greco-Italian war, by publishing archival material of the E.E.S. from the epic of ΄40, where the 2,836 heroine nurses of the E.E.S. they volunteered their services in 56 front mountain surgeries, military hospitals, 11 railway hospital trains and 4 floating hospitals.

The 1940 saga is inextricably linked to the history of the Hellenic Red Cross, as it was the only organized humanitarian and voluntary service at that time. With the start of the war, the Hellenic Red Cross immediately mobilized the volunteer sister nurses, the Samaritan ambulances and its entire numerous volunteer force to assist the fighting Greek soldier and also to treat the wounded from the enemy aerial bombardments. At the same time, the E.E.S. provided medical equipment worth 2 million drachmas, sent 20,000 parcels to the front, while setting up a Voluntary Blood Donation and distribution Center...