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Battle of Chios (1912), the Glossary

The Battle of Chios took place from 24 November 1912 to 3 January 1913 during the First Balkan War.^[1]

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Aegean Islands

The Aegean Islands are the group of islands in the Aegean Sea, with mainland Greece to the west and north and Turkey to the east; the island of Crete delimits the sea to the south, those of Rhodes, Karpathos and Kasos to the southeast.

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Aegean Sea

The Aegean Sea is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea between Europe and Asia.

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Anavatos

Anavatos (Greek: Ανάβατος) is a medieval, now abandoned, village on the Greek island of Chios, 16 km from Chios (town).

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Armed merchantman

An armed merchantman is a merchant ship equipped with guns, usually for defensive purposes, either by design or after the fact.

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Çeşme

Çeşme is a municipality and district of İzmir Province, Turkey.

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Battle of Lesbos (1912)

The Battle of Lesbos took place from 21 November – 21 December 1912 during the First Balkan War, resulting in the capture of the eastern Aegean island of Lesbos by the Kingdom of Greece. Battle of Chios (1912) and Battle of Lesbos (1912) are 1912 in Greece, 1912 in the Ottoman Empire, amphibious operations, Battles involving Greece, Battles involving the Ottoman Empire, Battles of the First Balkan War, conflicts in 1912 and November 1912 events.

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Capture of Lemnos

The Capture of Lemnos took place in October 1912 during the First Balkan War, serving as the opening action between Greek and Ottoman forces in the Aegean Sea. Battle of Chios (1912) and Capture of Lemnos are 1912 in Greece, 1912 in the Ottoman Empire, amphibious operations, Battles involving Greece, Battles involving the Ottoman Empire, Battles of the First Balkan War and conflicts in 1912.

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Chios

Chios (Chíos, traditionally known as Scio in English) is the fifth largest Greek island, situated in the northern Aegean Sea, and the tenth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.

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Chios (town)

Chios (Χίος) is the main town and a former municipality on the island of Chios, North Aegean, Greece.

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Chios expedition

The Chios expedition (Greek: Εκστρατεία της Χίου) was an unsuccessful attempt of the regular Greek army and irregular military units for the recapture of Chios island during the final stages of the Greek War of Independence. Battle of Chios (1912) and Chios expedition are amphibious operations.

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Chios massacre

The Chios massacre (in Η σφαγή της Χίου) was a catastrophe that resulted in the death, enslavement, and flight of about four-fifths of the total population of Greeks on the island of Chios by Ottoman troops, during the Greek War of Independence in 1822. Battle of Chios (1912) and Chios massacre are amphibious operations.

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Concert of Europe

The Concert of Europe was a general agreement among the great powers of 19th-century Europe to maintain the European balance of power, political boundaries, and spheres of influence.

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Crete

Crete (translit, Modern:, Ancient) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and Corsica.

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Dafnonas, Chios

Dafnonas (Δαφνώνας) is a village on the center of the island of Chios, located in the North Aegean Islands region of Greece.

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Dardanelles

The Dardanelles (lit; translit), also known as the Strait of Gallipoli (after the Gallipoli peninsula) and in Classical Antiquity as the Hellespont (Helle), is a narrow, natural strait and internationally significant waterway in northwestern Turkey that forms part of the continental boundary between Asia and Europe and separates Asian Turkey from European Turkey.

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Evzones

The Evzones or Evzonoi (Εύζωνες, Εύζωνοι) were a type of light infantry units in the Hellenic Army.

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First Balkan War

The First Balkan War lasted from October 1912 to May 1913 and involved actions of the Balkan League (the Kingdoms of Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece and Montenegro) against the Ottoman Empire. Battle of Chios (1912) and First Balkan War are 1912 in Greece, 1912 in the Ottoman Empire, 1913 in Greece, 1913 in the Ottoman Empire, conflicts in 1912 and conflicts in 1913.

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Great Siege of Malta

The Great Siege of Malta (Maltese: L-Assedju l-Kbir) occurred in 1565 when the Ottoman Empire attempted to conquer the island of Malta, then held by the Knights Hospitaller. Battle of Chios (1912) and Great Siege of Malta are amphibious operations.

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Greek Orthodox Church

Greek Orthodox Church (Greek: Ἑλληνορθόδοξη Ἐκκλησία, Ellinorthódoxi Ekklisía) is a term that can refer to any one of three classes of Christian churches, each associated in some way with Greek Christianity, Levantine Arabic-speaking Christians or more broadly the rite used in the Eastern Roman Empire.

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Greek War of Independence

The Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution or the Greek Revolution of 1821, was a successful war of independence by Greek revolutionaries against the Ottoman Empire between 1821 and 1829.

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Imbros

Imbros (Ímvros; İmroz; ايمروز), officially Gökçeada since 29 July 1970,Alexis Alexandris, "The Identity Issue of The Minorities in Greece And Turkey", in Hirschon, Renée (ed.), Crossing the Aegean: An Appraisal of the 1923 Compulsory Population Exchange Between Greece and Turkey, Berghahn Books, 2003, is the largest island of Turkey, located in Çanakkale Province.

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Ioannis Damianos

Ioannis Damianos (Ιωάννης Δαμιανός, 1861–1920) was a senior Greek Navy officer who fought in the Balkan Wars of 1912–1913.

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Italo-Turkish War

The Italo-Turkish or Turco-Italian War (Trablusgarp Savaşı, "Tripolitanian War", Guerra di Libia, "War of Libya") was fought between the Kingdom of Italy and the Ottoman Empire from 29 September 1911, to 18 October 1912. Battle of Chios (1912) and Italo-Turkish War are 1912 in the Ottoman Empire and conflicts in 1912.

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Kardamyla

Kardamyla (Καρδάμυλα) is a village and a former municipality on the island of Chios, North Aegean, Greece.

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Kingdom of Greece

The Kingdom of Greece (Βασίλειον τῆς Ἑλλάδος) was established in 1832 and was the successor state to the First Hellenic Republic.

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Lemnos

Lemnos or Limnos (Λήμνος; Λῆμνος) is a Greek island in the northern Aegean Sea.

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Lesbos

Lesbos or Lesvos (Lésvos) is a Greek island located in the northeastern Aegean Sea.

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Lieutenant colonel

Lieutenant colonel is a rank of commissioned officers in the armies, most marine forces and some air forces of the world, above a major and below a colonel.

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Macedonia (region)

Macedonia is a geographical and historical region of the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe.

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Malta

Malta, officially the Republic of Malta, is an island country in Southern Europe located in the Mediterranean Sea.

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Maona of Chios and Phocaea

Maona of Chios and Phocaea (Maona di Chio e di Focea; 1346–1566) was a maona formed to exact taxes for the Republic of Genoa from the island of Chios and port of Phocaea.

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Mastic (plant resin)

Mastic (Μαστίχα) is a resin obtained from the mastic tree (Pistacia lentiscus).

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Ministry for Naval Affairs (Greece)

The Ministry for Naval Affairs (Ὑπουργείον τῶν Ναυτικῶν) was a government department of Greece responsible for matters pertaining to the Greek Navy as well as the Greek Merchant Marine Ministry.

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Mytilene

Mytilene (Mytilíni) is the capital of the Greek island of Lesbos, and its port.

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Naval gunfire support

Naval gunfire support (NGFS), also known as naval surface fire support (NSFS), or shore bombardment, is the use of naval artillery to provide fire support for amphibious assault and other troops operating within their range.

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Nikolaos Delagrammatikas

Nikolaos Delagrammatikas (Νικόλαος Δελαγραμμάτικας, born c. 1853) was a senior Hellenic Army officer who fought in the Greco-Turkish War of 1897 and the Balkan Wars of 1912–1913.

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Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire, historically and colloquially known as the Turkish Empire, was an imperial realm centered in Anatolia that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Central Europe, between the early 16th and early 18th centuries.

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Ottoman Gendarmerie

The Ottoman Gendarmerie (Jandarma), also known as zaptı, was a security forces and public order organization (a precursor to law enforcement) in the 19th-century Ottoman Empire.

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Pavlos Kountouriotis

Pavlos Kountouriotis (Παύλος Κουντουριώτης; 9 April 1855 – 22 August 1935) was a Greek admiral who served during the Balkan Wars, was regent of Greece, and the first president of the Second Hellenic Republic.

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Piraeus

Piraeus (Πειραιάς; Πειραιεύς; Ancient:, Katharevousa) is a port city within the Athens-Piraeus urban area, in the Attica region of Greece.

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Republic of Genoa

The Republic of Genoa (Repúbrica de Zêna; Repubblica di Genova; Res Publica Ianuensis) was a medieval and early modern maritime republic from the years 1099 to 1797 in Liguria on the northwestern Italian coast.

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Samos

Samos (also; Sámos) is a Greek island in the eastern Aegean Sea, south of Chios, north of Patmos and the Dodecanese archipelago, and off the coast of western Turkey, from which it is separated by the Mycale Strait.

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Show of force

A show of force is a military operation intended to warn (such as a warning shot) or to intimidate an opponent by showcasing a capability or will to act if one is provoked.

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Tenedos

Tenedos (Tenedhos), or Bozcaada in Turkish, is an island of Turkey in the northeastern part of the Aegean Sea.

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Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki (Θεσσαλονίκη), also known as Thessalonica, Saloniki, Salonika, or Salonica, is the second-largest city in Greece, with slightly over one million inhabitants in its metropolitan area, and the capital of the geographic region of Macedonia, the administrative region of Central Macedonia and the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace.

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