Guess why; Monastirion had a greek population of 500000 or over. Still, the army got to thessaloniki, due to the strategic importance, greek population and history of the city (thessaloniki is named after Alexander the Great's sister). ...
In Yugoslavia, Macedonian separatism was the special goal of an organization called the NOF (National Labor Front) which had its headquarters in Skopje and Monastirion(Bitola). These separatists were born in Greece and in 1949 fled to ...
