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Greek War of Independence

Greek War of Independence
Epanastasi.jpg
Theodoros Vryzakis (oil painting, 1852, Benaki Museum, Athens) illustrates Bishop Germanos of old Patras blessing the Greek banner at Agia Lavra on the outset of the national revolt against the Ottomans on 25 March 1821.
Date 22 February 1821 – 12 September 1829
(8 years, 6 months and 3 weeks)
Location The Balkans (mainly Greece) and the Aegean Sea.
Result

Greek victory

Belligerents

Greek Revolution flag.svg Greek revolutionaries (1821)
Greece First Hellenic Republic (from 1822)


Supported by:

 Russian Empire
 United Kingdom
 Kingdom of France

Ottoman Empire Ottoman Empire

Commanders and leaders
Political:
Filiki Eteria flag.svg Filiki Eteria
Greece Alexandros Mavrokordatos
Greece Ioannis Kapodistrias (from 1828)
Military:
Greece Theodoros Kolokotronis
Greece Alexander Ypsilantis
Greece Demetrius Ypsilantis
Greece Georgios Karaiskakis 
Greece Richard Church
Greece Thomas Cochrane
Greece Andreas Vokos Miaoulis
Greece Constantine Kanaris
Greece Markos Botsaris 
Ottoman Empire Sultan Mahmud II
Flag of Egypt (1844-1867).svg Muhammad Ali Pasha
Ottoman Empire Omer Vrioni
Ottoman Empire Mahmud Dramali Pasha
Ottoman Empire Hursid Pasha
Ottoman Empire Husrev Pasha
Ottoman Empire Reşid Mehmed Pasha
Flag of Egypt (1844-1867).svg Ibrahim Pasha
Casualties and losses
est. 25,000 est. 20,000
Civilian deaths: estimated as high as 105,000

Greek victory

Greek Revolution flag.svg Greek revolutionaries (1821)
Greece First Hellenic Republic (from 1822)

Supported by:

Ottoman Empire Ottoman Empire

The Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution (Greek: Ελληνική Επανάσταση, Elliniki Epanastasi; Ottoman: يونان عصياني Yunan İsyanı Greek Uprising), was a successful war of independence waged by the Greek revolutionaries between 1821 and 1832 against the Ottoman Empire. The Greeks were later assisted by the Russian Empire, Great Britain, the Kingdom of France, and several other European powers, while the Ottomans were aided by their vassals, the eyalets of Egypt, Algeria, and Tripolitania, and the Beylik of Tunis.


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