The Turkish War of Independence ( `` War of Liberation '' , also known figuratively as `` İstiklâl Harbi '' `` Independence War '' or `` Millî Mücadele '' `` National Campaign '' ; 19 May 1919 – 24 July 1923 ) was fought Hostile_encounter between the Turkish National Movement and the proxies of the Allies – namely Greece on the Western Front , Armenia on the Eastern , France on the Southern , the royalists and the separatists in various cities , and with them , the United Kingdom and Italy in Constantinople ( now Istanbul ) – after parts of the Ottoman Empire were occupied and partitioned following the Ottomans ' defeat Conquering in World War I .

This was promised Commitment by British Prime Minister David Lloyd George to Greece .

Until this time , Rome had only campaigned Military_operation in Greece in order to fight Hostile_encounter Macedonian forces , allies or clients .

After nearly a century of constant crisis management in Greece , which always led Causation back to internal instability and war Hostile_encounter when Rome pulled out Motion , Rome decided Deciding to divide Macedonia into two new Roman provinces , Achaea and Epirus .

The European tour began Process_start 21 March 2011 in Lisbon , Portugal , and ended Process_end 12 July 2011 in Athens , Greece .

TWA Flight 800 was a Boeing 707 that crashed Catastrophe during take off Departing on runway 25 at Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport , Rome at 13:09 GMT on a flight to Athens International Airport , Greece on 23 November 1964 .

The Roman expeditionary force set Placing sail from Constantinople in late June 533 , and after a sea voyage along the coasts of Greece and southern Italy , landed Self_motion on the African coast at Caputvada in early September , to Gelimer 's complete Process_end surprise .

He had also named Name_conferral the operation `` Retribution '' in recognition of the losses that his destroyer forces had endured during the German occupations of Greece and Crete .

The system later played a role in triggering Causation torrential rains over the Balkans , which resulted in Causation severe flooding Catastrophe in Greece and Bulgaria .

After their defeat at Thermopylae the Gauls retreated Escaping out of Greece and moved Motion through Thrace and finally into Asia .

The site of the landing Arriving was the territory of wild Gallic tribes , who had settled Statement the place after being driven Motion out of Greece .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Marathon ( ) took place Process_start in 490 BC during the first Persian invasion of Greece .

The battle Hostile_encounter was the culmination of the first attempt by Persia , under King Darius I , to subjugate Greece .

At the time of the battle Hostile_encounter , Sparta and Athens were the two largest city-states in Greece .

Once the Ionian revolt Hostile_encounter was finally crushed Bodily_harm by the Persian victory at the Battle of Lade in 494 BC , Darius began Process_start plans to subjugate Greece .

The defeat at Marathon marked Recording the end of the first Persian invasion of Greece , and the Persian force retreated Escaping to Asia .

Darius then began Process_start raising Causation a huge new army with which he meant to completely subjugate Greece ; however , in 486 BC , his Egyptian subjects revolted Change_of_leadership , indefinitely postponing Change_event_time any Greek expedition .

After Darius died Death , his son Xerxes I restarted Process_start the preparations for a second invasion of Greece , which finally began Process_start in 480 BC .

Aerosvit Flight 241 ( VV241/EW241 ) was a scheduled international passenger flight from Kiev 's Boryspil International Airport in Ukraine to Thessaloniki International Airport in Thessaloniki , Greece with a stopover in Odessa .

On 17 December 1997 , the Yakovlev Yak-42 operating Being_in_operation the flight registered as UR-42334 flew Motion into a mountainside during a missed approach Arriving into Thessaloniki in Greece .

The crash Catastrophe was the third deadliest plane crash Catastrophe in Greece 's history , behind Olympic Airways Flight 954 and Helios Airways Flight 522 and was the fifth deadliest plane crash Catastrophe involving Cause_to_be_included a Yakovlev Yak-42 .

British attention then shifted Change to Greece , which was under the threat of Axis invasion .

The war was a four-year-long politico-military struggle Hostile_encounter , fought Hostile_encounter in Italy , Illyria , Greece , Egypt , Africa , and Hispania .

The Noemvriana ( , `` November Events '' ) of , or the Greek Vespers , was a political dispute Quarreling which led to Causation an armed confrontation Hostile_encounter in Athens between the royalist government of Greece and the forces of the Allies over the issue Creating of Greece 's neutrality during World War I .

The Noemvriana ( , `` November Events '' ) of , or the Greek Vespers , was a political dispute Quarreling which led to Causation an armed confrontation Hostile_encounter in Athens between the royalist government of Greece and the forces of the Allies over the issue Creating of Greece 's neutrality during World War I .

The king wanted Greece to maintain her neutrality , a position that would favor the Central Powers plans in the Balkans while the Allies wanted demobilization of the Greek army and the surrender Surrendering of war materiel equivalent to what was lost Earnings_and_losses at Fort Rupel as a guarantee of Greece 's neutrality .

The king wanted Greece to maintain her neutrality , a position that would favor the Central Powers plans in the Balkans while the Allies wanted demobilization of the Greek army and the surrender Surrendering of war materiel equivalent to what was lost Earnings_and_losses at Fort Rupel as a guarantee of Greece 's neutrality .

The former Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos , who from the very beginning Process_start supported the Allies , established Building a provisional government in northern Greece .

He began Process_start forming an army to liberate areas lost Earnings_and_losses to Bulgaria , but this effectively split Greece into two entities .

The inclusion of the Greek army along with Allied forces , as well as the division of Greece , sparked Causation several anti-Allied demonstrations in Athens .

The rioting continued for three days , and the incident became Becoming known as the Noemvriana in Greece , which in the Old Style calendar occurred Coming_to_be during the month of November .

After the resignation Change_of_leadership of the king on 15 June 1917 , Greece unified Cause_to_amalgamate under a new king , Alexander , Constantine I 's son , and the leadership of Eleftherios Venizelos .

By the early 20th century , Bulgaria , Greece , Montenegro and Serbia had achieved Achieve independence from the Ottoman Empire , but large elements of their ethnic populations remained under Ottoman rule .

Both Serbia and Greece , utilizing the argument Protest that the war had been prolonged Change_event_time , repudiated Preventing_or_letting important particulars of the pre-war treaty and retained Placing occupation Control of all the conquered Conquering districts in their possession , which were to be divided according to specific predefined boundaries .

Seeing the treaty as trampled Motion , Bulgaria was dissatisfied over the division of the spoils in Macedonia ( made Manufacturing in secret by its former allies , Serbia and Greece ) and commenced Process_start military action against them .

The coup had been ordered Arranging by the military Junta in Greece and staged Hold by the Cypriot National Guard in conjunction with EOKA-B .

The aim of the coup was the Union of Cyprus with Greece , and the Hellenic Republic of Cyprus to be declared Expressing_publicly .

Along with Italy 's stalled invasion Attack of Greece on 28 October 1940 , and the German-led invasion Attack of Greece ( Operation `` Marita '' ) and invasion Attack of Crete ( Operation `` Merkur '' ) , the invasion Attack of Yugoslavia was part of the German Balkan Campaign ( ) .

Along with Italy 's stalled invasion Attack of Greece on 28 October 1940 , and the German-led invasion Attack of Greece ( Operation `` Marita '' ) and invasion Attack of Crete ( Operation `` Merkur '' ) , the invasion Attack of Yugoslavia was part of the German Balkan Campaign ( ) .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Ostrovo occurred Presence in 1041 near Ostrovo , an area close to the lake of the same name Name_conferral in modern northern Greece .

The Kosovo Operation Military_operation ( October 15–November 22 , 1944 ) was a series of military operations Military_operation leading up to one final push Influence during World War Military_operation II , launched Process_start by the Bulgarian army ( commanded Control by Major General Kiril Stanchev ) with the assistance Assistance of Yugoslav and Albanian Partisans to expel Removing German forces from Kosovo and prevent Preventing_or_letting the retreat Escaping of German forces from Greece .

German Army Group E was withdrawing Escaping through it from Greece towards Bosnia , since the escape Escaping route through Niš and Belgrade had been closed Process_end by the Yugoslav Partisan , Bulgarian and Soviet forces ( during the Belgrade Offensive ) .

These forces were assisted Assistance by air sorties of the Western Allies and the Soviets against units of Generaloberst Alexander Löhr 's Army Group ‘ E ’ as the latter retreated Escaping from Greece .

The Axis order Request of battle Hostile_encounter against the Bulgarians and Yugoslavs in this operation Military_operation comprised Cause_to_be_included some 17,000 men including the Kampfgruppe `` Langer '' with three infantry companies , one artillery battery and one platoon of tanks , Kampfgruppe `` Bredow '' with six infantry battalions , three artillery battalions and 10 tanks ) , Kampfgruppe `` Skanderbeg '' with about 7,000 men of Waffen-SS August Schmidhuber 's 21st Mountain Division `` Skanderbeg '' and about 4,000 German navy personnel making their way to the north from Greece .

The Albanian nationalist forces and the 21st Waffen Mountain Division SS `` Skanderbeg '' served Assistance as the rearguard for the Wehrmacht 's retreat Escaping , helping Assistance the Germans successfully withdraw Escaping large forces from Greece and Albania .

New entrants Greece , Israel , Luxembourg and Turkey iced teams in a secondary tier of Group C. South Africa appeared Change_sentiment for the first time since 1966 .

It was en route Self_motion to Corfu International Airport in Greece .

Between Benghazi to Agedabia , the British took Conquering captured Conquering and of the Operation Compass totals of and On 9 February , Churchill ordered Request the advance Self_motion to stop Process_end and troops Motion to be dispatched Sending to Greece to take part in the Greco-Italian War Military_operation ; `` Unternehmen Marita '' , a German attack Attack through Macedonia was thought imminent .

The First Balkan War ( ; ; , `` Prvi Balkanski rat '' ; ) , lasted from October 1912 to May 1913 and comprised Cause_to_be_included actions of the Balkan League ( the kingdoms of Bulgaria , Serbia , Greece and Montenegro ) against the Ottoman Empire .

Sailing/Yachting is an Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad ( 1896 Olympics in Athens , Greece ) .