Salonica (Thessaloniki), a base of Allied operations in the Balkans, suffered enormous damage in the fire of August 18, 19, and 20, 1917. In the postcard, the Quay: Olympos-Palace.

Salonique - Incendie des 18-19-20 Août 1917 - Les Quais Olympos-Palace



Salonica - Fire of 18-19-20 August 1917 - the Quay: Olympus-Palace



Reverse:



[É]dition Parisiana, Paris

Imp. Photo. des l'Ablissements Cm Collas & Cie, Cognac (Chte)

Other views: Larger

A minor port populated with many refugees from the Balkan wars, Salonica was a Turkish city where the Young Turks conspired to seize control of the Ottoman Empire in 1908. In the First Balkan War, Turkey, fighting Serbia, Bulgaria, and Greece, lost the city which became part of Greece.

In a failed attempt to aid their ally Serbia, 13,000 French and British troops land at Salonica on October 5, 1915, opening the Salonica Front. By 1917, 600,000 Allied troops — French, British, Serbian, Russian, and Greek — were in the battle line across, roughly, northern Greece.

On August 18, 1917, fire broke out in Salonica, apparently accidentally. The fire burned for three days, destroying much of the city.

Salonica is a city in Greece.

Statistics for Salonica (1)

Type	Statistic
Population	105,000

Some books about Salonica (1)

Title	Author Last Name	Author First Name
The Gardeners of Salonika	Palmer	Alan