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    The Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution or the Greek Revolution of 1821, was a successful war of independence by Greek revolutionaries...
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    Greek War of Independence (1821–1829) was fought to liberate and decolonize Greece from four centuries of Ottoman occupation. After nine years of war...
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    the Greek War of Independence (1821–1829) perpetrated by both the Ottoman forces and the Greek revolutionaries. The war was characterized by a lack of respect...
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    Leonardos Philaras spent much of his career in persuading Western European intellectuals to support Greek independence. However, Greece was to remain under Ottoman...
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    The Turkish War of Independence (19 May 1919 – 24 July 1923) was a series of military campaigns and a revolution waged by the Turkish National Movement...
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  • Greco-Turkish Wars: Orlov Revolt (1770) Greeks' first major, organized Revolt against the Ottoman Empire with the support of Russia Greek War of Independence (1821–1830)...
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  • of wars of independence (also called liberation wars). These wars may or may not have been successful in achieving a goal of independence. Lists of active...
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    successful Greek War of Independence that broke out in 1821 and the First Hellenic Republic was proclaimed in 1822 (preceded by the creation of the autonomous...
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    Greece. In modern times, Greek nationalism became a major political movement beginning in the early 19th century, which culminated in the Greek War of...
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    the ships of the Turkish fleet. Many naval battles of the Greek war of independence were won by the use of fire ships, notably the burning of the Ottoman...
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    Megali Idea (redirect from Greater Greece)
    establishing a Greek state, which would include the large Greek populations that were still under Ottoman rule after the end of the Greek War of Independence (1821–1829)...
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  • The Greek civil wars of 1823–1825 occurred alongside the Greek War of Independence. The conflict had both political and regional dimensions, as it pitted...
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    modern Greek culture, though historians credit the Greek War of Independence with revitalising Greece and giving birth to a single, cohesive entity of its...
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  • Some Serbs joined the Greeks, their co-religionists, in the Greek War of Independence (1821–29). Volunteers arrived from Serbia, Montenegro, and territories...
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  • This is a timeline of modern Greek history. 1821, 21 February: Revolt of Greek War of Independence from the Ottoman Empire declared by Alexandros Ypsilantis...
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    Wars of national liberation, also called wars of independence or wars of liberation, are conflicts fought by nations to gain independence. The term is...
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    control of Greater Syria, as reward for aiding the Sultan during the Greek War of Independence. As a result, Egyptian forces temporarily gained control of Syria...
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    Missolonghi'). Missolonghi is known as the site of a dramatic siege during the Greek War of Independence, and of the death of poet Lord Byron. The town is located...
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    Somalia and Ethiopia to this war. The Greek War of Independence (1821–1829) has sometimes been considered a religious war between Christians and Muslims...
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    in the War of Independence against the Ottomans. Greek politics in the 19th century was dominated by the national question. Greeks dreamed of liberating...
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    Ydra or Idra (Greek: Ύδρα, romanized: Ýdra, pronounced [ˈiðra] in Modern Greek, Arvanitika: Nύδρα/Nidhra), and in antiquity Hydrea, is one of the Saronic...
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  • of the Greek state; signed the peace treaty that ended the War of Independence with the Ottomans; introduced the phoenix, the first modern Greek currency;...
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    (2010). Greek War of Independence: Morea Expedition, Massacres During the Greek Revolution, Souliotes, Background of the Greek War of Independence, Filiki...
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    Hellenic Army (redirect from Greek Army)
    regular units established by the Greek provisional government during the Greek War of Independence (1821–1829). The first of these, an infantry regiment and...
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  • fighter of the Greek War of Independence and politician. Giotis Danglis Greek leader of the Greek revolutionary army during the Greek War of Independence. Panagiotis...
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    1820s (redirect from Wars in the 1820s)
    American wars of independence) led to the independence of many countries around the world, such as Brazil, Peru, and Bolivia. The Greek War of Independence and...
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    of Russians in the Ottoman Empire were enhanced. The Greek War of Independence was terminated shortly thereafter, as Greece was granted independence by...
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    Demetrios Ypsilantis (category Greek military leaders of the Greek War of Independence)
    active operations of the war. He was known for an affair with Manto Mavrogenous, who was a Greek heroine of the Greek War of Independence. He died due to...
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    weakened by the Napoleonic Wars and could not control its American colonies, almost all of which proclaimed their independence between 1810 and 1820. Revolution...
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    of Cyprus by order of the Council of Ministers in 1966. Inspired by the Greek War of Independence, Solomos wrote the hymn to honour the struggle of Greeks...
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