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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.
Greek military formation in the World War I victory parade in Arc de Triomphe, Paris, July 1919. The Macedonian front stayed mostly stable throughout the war. In May 1918, Greek forces attacked Bulgarian forces and defeated them at the Battle of Skra-di-Legen on 30 May 1918. Later in 1918, the Allied forces drove their offensive from Greece ...
Russo-Turkish War: Ottoman Empire Russia: Defeat. In recognition of the Treaty of London, the independence of Greece, or autonomy under Ottoman suzerainty, was accepted. The Ottoman Empire had nominal suzerainty over the Danube states of Moldavia and Wallachia; for all practical purposes, they; were independent.
March 9: Germany declared war on Portugal. [20] The Portuguese government started to organise the participation of its troops on the Western Front. Shortly afterward, Portugal began closing its consulates in the Ottoman Empire. (The Ottomans had no representation in Portugal.) [21] March 15: Austria-Hungary declared war on Portugal.
The Ottoman entry into World War I began on 29 October 1914 when it launched the Black Sea Raid against Russian ports. Following the attack, Russia declared war on the Ottoman Empire on 2 November, [14] followed by their allies (Britain and France) declaring war on the Ottoman Empire on 5 November 1914. [15]
First Ottoman–Venetian War: 1463 1479 Fourth Ottoman–Venetian War: 1570 1573 Battle of Lepanto: 1571 Fifth Ottoman–Venetian War / Cretan War: 1645 1669 Sixth Ottoman–Venetian War / Morean War: 1684 1699 Siege of Rhodes * 1522 1522 Revolts at Vonitsa and Epirus 1585 1585 Himara Revolt: 1596 1596 Thessaly Revolt: 1600 1600
The Triple Entente had made contradictory promises about post-war arrangements concerning Greek hopes in Asia Minor. [46] The western Allies, particularly British Prime Minister David Lloyd George, had promised Greece territorial gains at the expense of the Ottoman Empire if Greece entered the war on the Allied side. [47]
When the War Came Home: The Ottomans' Great War and the Devastation of an Empire (2018) Aksakal, Mustafa. The Ottoman Road to War in 1914: The Ottoman Empire and the First World War (2010). Brandenburg, Erich. (1927) From Bismarck to the World War: A History of German Foreign Policy 1870–1914 (1927) online. Clark, Christopher.