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The Greco-Turkish War of 1897 or the Ottoman-Greek War of 1897 (Turkish: 1897 Osmanlı-Yunan Savaşı or 1897 Türk-Yunan Savaşı), also called the Thirty Days' War and known in Greece as the Black '97 (Greek: Μαύρο '97, Mauro '97) or the Unfortunate War (Greek: Ατυχής πόλεμος, romanized: Atychis polemos), was a war fought between the Kingdom of Greece and the Ottoman Empire.
Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts (1558–1566) Part of Ottoman–Portuguese confrontations; Location: Indian Ocean. Kingdom of Portugal: Ottoman Empire Ajuran Sultanate: Status quo ante bellum; Portugal maintains control of the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean; Ottomans expand their influence in the Red Sea; Battle of Mulleriyawa (1559) Location ...
Spanish-Ottoman War (1550–1560) Capture of Mahdia; Siege of Tripoli; Campaign of Tlemcen (1551) Capture of Béjaïa; Raid of the Balearic islands; Expedition to Mostaganem; Battle of Djerba; Part of German-Ottoman war 1550–1562, Spanish-Ottoman Wars of 1515–1577 and Conflicts between the Regency of Algiers and Morocco Ottoman Empire ...
World War II (Greece in World War II) * 1939 1945 Western Front: 1939 1945 West European Campaign 1944 1945 The Invasion of Normandy: 1944 1944 Battle of Normandy (Operation Overlord) 1944 Mediterranean, Balkans, Middle East and African Fronts: 1940 1945 Balkans Campaign: 1940 1941 Greco-Italian War: 1940 1941 Italian offensive and Greek ...
The military history of Greece during World War II began on 28 October 1940, when the Italian Army invaded Greece from Albania, beginning the Greco-Italian War. The Greek Army temporarily halted the invasion and pushed the Italians back into Albania. The Greek successes forced Nazi Germany to intervene.
At the start of World War II in 1939, the Portuguese Government announced on 1 September that the 550-year-old Anglo-Portuguese Alliance remained intact, but since the British did not seek Portuguese assistance, Portugal was free to remain neutral in the war and would do so.
The city of Smyrna (modern-day İzmir) and surrounding areas were under Greek military occupation from 15 May 1919 until 9 September 1922. The Allied Powers authorized the occupation and creation of the Zone of Smyrna (Greek: Ζώνη Σμύρνης, romanized: Zóni Smýrnis) during negotiations regarding the partition of the Ottoman Empire to protect the ethnic Greek population living in and ...
The vast majority of the territory of present-day Greece was at some point incorporated within the Ottoman Empire.The period of Ottoman rule in Greece, lasting from the mid-15th century until the successful Greek War of Independence broke out in 1821 and the First Hellenic Republic was proclaimed in 1822, is known in Greece as Turkocracy (Greek: Τουρκοκρατία, Tourkokratia, "Turkish ...