"During the Great War (WW1), the Munster Fusiliers fought a long and bloody battle against Turkish forces in Salonika, Greece."

Actually, if I remember correctly, the British Army (which, in those days, included Irish soldiers) and French Army fought the Germans and Bulgarians in Greek Macedonia (capital Thessaloniki = Salonica) - not the Turks. You're probably thinking of the Gallipoli campaign - which was certainly bloody. In contrast the Salonica Campaign was characterised by long periods on inaction. So much so that some smart-arse French politician characterised the allied armies as 'The Gardeners of Salonica'. Ever since this campaign has been in danger of disappearing from the pages of the history books - in spite of the fact that when the battles did actually start, the Bulgaro/German army was defeated pretty decisively.

The history of Thessaloniki (Greece's second city) is narrated in a book called, 'Salonica City of Ghosts: Christians, Muslims and Jews 1430 - 1950' by Mark Mazower (HarperCollins, 2004). This book contains a fairly extensive account of the Salonica Campaign.