The Greek War o Unthirldom, forby kent as the Greek Revolution (Greek: Ελληνική Επανάσταση; Ottoman: يونان عصياني Yunan İsyanı Greek Uprising), wis a successfu war o unthirldom waged bi the Greek revolutionaries atween 1821 an 1832 against the Ottoman Empire.
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Greek War o Unthirldom |
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 Theodoros Vryzakis (ile pentin, 1852, Benaki Museum, Athens) illustrates Bishop Germanos o auld Patras blessin the Greek banner at Agia Lavra on the ootset o the naitional revolt against the Turks on 25 Mairch 1821. |
Date | 22 Februar 1821 – 12 September 1829 [1] (8 years, 6 months and 3 weeks) |
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Location | The Balkans (mainly Greece) an the Aegean Sea. |
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Result |
Greek victory an establishment o the First Hellenic Republic (recogneetion o sovereignty: Lunnon Protocol, Treaty o Constantinople) |
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Belligerents |
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Greek revolutionaries (1821) First Hellenic Republic (frae 1822)
Roushie Empire
Unitit Kinrick
Fraunce |
Ottoman Empire Eyalet o Egyp
(Anly in naval battles):
Beylik o Tunis
Regency o Algiers
Tripolitanie |
Commanders an leaders |
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Poleetical: Filiki Eteria Alexandros Mavrokordatos Ioannis Kapodistrias (from 1828) Military: Theodoros Kolokotronis Alexander Ypsilantis Demetrius Ypsilantis Georgios Karaiskakis † Richard Church Thomas Cochrane Andreas Vokos Miaoulis Constantine Kanaris Markos Botsaris † |
Sultan Mahmud II Muhammad Ali Pasha Omer Vrioni Mahmud Dramali Pasha Hursid Pasha Husrev Pasha Reşid Mehmed Pasha Ibrahim Pasha |
Strenth |
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Unkent |
Eyalet o Egyp: 17,000 men[2] 400 ships, of which 54 battleships[2] |
Casualties an losses |
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est. 25,000 dead[3] |
est. 20,000 dead[3] |
Civilian daiths: estimated as heich as 105,000[3] |
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