Vido (Greek: 螔委未慰) is an island of the Ionian Islands group of Greece. Greek (el 蔚位位畏谓喂魏萎 纬位蠋蟽蟽伪 or simply el 蔚位位畏谓喂魏维 鈥 "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly This article is about the group of islands west of Greece For the ancient region in western Anatolia see Ionia. Greece (螘位位维未伪 transliterated: Ell谩da, historically, Ell谩s,) officially the Hellenic Republic (螘位位畏谓喂魏萎 螖畏渭慰魏蟻伪蟿委伪 It is a small island (less than kilometer in diameter) at the mouth of Corfu city port. Corfu ( Greek: 螝苇蟻魏蠀蟻伪 - K茅rkyra) is a city in north-western Greece.
History
During the First World War, the Corfu island served as a refuge for the Serbian army that retreated there by the allied forces ships from the homeland occupied by the Austrians and Bulgarians. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Corfu (螝苇蟻魏蠀蟻伪 K茅rkyra, 藞k什e虨删k什i删a 螝苇蟻魏蠀蟻伪 or 螝蠈蟻魏蠀蟻伪 Corcyra Corf霉 is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea Serbia (小褉斜懈褬邪 Srbija) officially the Republic of Serbia (袪械锌褍斜谢懈泻邪 小褉斜懈褬邪 Republika Srbija) is a Landlocked Country Austria (脰sterreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik 脰sterreich The Bulgarians (斜褗谢谐邪褉懈 balgari) are a South Slavic people generally associated with the Republic of Bulgaria and the Bulgarian language During their stay, a large portion of Serbian soldiers died from exhaustion, food shortage, and different diseases. More than 5000 of them were buried at sea near the island of Vido.
A monument of thanks to the Greek Nation has been erected at Vido by the grateful Serbs in 1930s.
The waters around Vido island are known by the Serbian people as the Blue Graveyard (in Serbian, Plava Grobnica), after a poem written by Milutin Boji膰 after World War I.
 Serbian WWI soldiers mausoleum |
 Interior of mausoleum |
 Blue Graveyard memorial plate |
See also
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