The Greek War of Independence that begun in 1821 is full of memorable events, most of them bloody battles and heroic feats.

The Battle of Adrianople during the Russo-Turkish War of 1828-1829 played a crucial yet overlooked role in Greece's fight for ...

At the end of the 19th century the Ottoman Empire was a multinational state, in which along with Turks lived Arabs, Armenians, Assyrians, Albanians, Greeks, Bulgarians, Bosnians, Jews, Serbs, Kurds, ...

The battle began on March 18, 1915, when the British and French navies launched a large-scale naval assault to seize control ...

On the other hand, nearby Chios boasted an Ottoman garrison of 2,500 troops. While few outsiders settled in Ikaria, Ikarians forged close ties to communities across the Ottoman Empire and ...

During the First Balkan War, the armies of the Balkan League—Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece, and Montenegro—scored victory after victory against the ailing Ottoman Empire, until Turkish troops were ...

It was here that the British Army, supported by British Empire troops from India, New Zealand and Australia, fought against the army of another empire – the Turkish Ottoman Empire. Sultan Mehmed ...

So important was this rail link for the movement of troops and munitions that Ottoman forces were prepared to displace Madinah’s civilian population and garrison its holiest sites, no matter the ...