Today "B" is for "Blue Grave," as explained further on. Here
Radovan is standing in front of the Serbian Mausoleum on Vido
Island, just off the coast of Corfu Town. During WWI, Corfu
served as a refuge for the Serbian army that retreated there
across Montenegro and Albania from Serbia which was occupied by
the Austrians and Bulgarians. As a result of their long march, a
large number of Serbian soldiers died from exhaustion, food
shortage, and different diseases. More than 5000 of them were
buried at sea (known as the Blue Grave or Plava Grobnica) near
the island of Vido. A monument of thanks to the Greek nation was
erected on Vido island by the grateful Serbs in the 1930s. The
Greeks were not the only ones to aid the Serbs during WWI on
Corfu. The French and British also came to their aid, treating
the ill and wounded in their hospitals and establishing schools.
Behind Radovan you can see a poster in French and two in
English. This photo was taken in the Serbian House, which houses
the Serbian Consulate and i