Greece

Well, the first thing that might come to mind whilst reading about Greek Soldiers is skirt-wearing soldiers wielding swords; that is definitely not the case in modern Greece. The armed forces of the country, also known as the Hellenic Armed Forces, are headquartered in Athens and employ almost 143K active personnel.

While they fought both world wars and civil wars in the 1900s, there hasn’t been much personal action surrounding the nation since the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974. As of 2022, the Greeks were busy amidst the peacekeeping mission in Kosovo as well as the American intervention in Iraq.