Military history of Greece

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The military history of Greece is the history of the wars and battles of the Greek people in Greece, the Balkans and the Greek colonies in the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea since classical antiquity. (For the equivalent for the period 3000 BC to AD 400, see Military history of ancient Greece.)

Contents 1 List of Greek military encounters 1.1 Mideval Period 2 Ottoman Period 3 19th century 3.1 20th century 3.2 21st century 4 List of fortifications in Greece 4.1 Medieval period 4.1.1 Byzantine 4.1.2 Frankish & Crusader 4.1.3 Venetian 4.1.4 Ottoman 4.2 Modern 4.2.1 American 4.2.2 British 4.2.3 German (World War II-period) 4.2.4 Greek 4.2.5 Italian (World War II & Dodecanese protectorate 5 List of Greek military institutions 6 List of Greek military alliances 6.1 Byzantine 6.2 Modern 7 See also

[edit] List of Greek military encounters

[edit] Mideval Period

• Battle of Dara
• Battle of Callinicum
• Battle of Ad Decimum
• Battle of Tricamarum
• Battle of Taginae
• Battle of Mons Lactarius
• Battle of Yarmuk
• Battle of Nineveh (627)
• Battle of Syllaeum
• Battle of Anchialus
• Battle of Pliska
• Battle of Kleidion
• Battle of Manzikert
• Battle of Dyrrhachium (1081)
• Battle of Myriokephalon
• Battle of Pelagonia
• Fall of Constantinople

[edit] Ottoman Period

• Battle of Vromopigada

[edit] 19th century

• Battle of Karpenizi
• Battle of Vassilika
• Siege of Missolonghi
• Battle of Phaleron
• Battle at Dervenakia
• Battle of Navarino
• Battle of Petra
• Greco-Turkish War (1897)

[edit] 20th century

• First Balkan War
• Second Balkan War
• Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922)
• Greco-Italian War
• World War II
  • Battle of Crete
  • Battle of Greece
• Greek Civil War
• Korean War
• Kosovo war

[edit] 21st century

• Afghanistan

[edit] List of fortifications in Greece

[edit] Medieval period

[edit] Byzantine

• Monemvasia
• Mistra
• Walls of Constantinople

[edit] Frankish & Crusader

• Passavas
• Beaufort Castle (Mani)
• Tigani
• Kastro tis Orias
• Kelefa

[edit] Venetian

• Kastro Larissa at Argos
• Kastro Palamidhi at Nafplio

[edit] Ottoman

[edit] Modern

[edit] American

• NSA Souda Bay

[edit] British

[edit] German (World War II-period)

[edit] Greek

• Metaxas Line

[edit] Italian (World War II & Dodecanese protectorate

[edit] List of Greek military institutions

[edit] List of Greek military alliances

[edit] Byzantine

[edit] Modern

• NATO
• United Nations

[edit] See also

• Military of Greece
• Wars of Greece
• History of the Hellenic Army
• History of the Hellenic Navy
• History of the Hellenic Air Force
• List of Wars

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