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  Greece Turkey War 1921-1922
In January 1921 the Greek army, despite its lack of equipment and its unprotected supply lines, launched an offensive in Anatolia against the nationalist Turks, who had defied the Ottoman government and would not recognize its treaty.
In Greece the war was followed by a successful military coup against the monarchy.
The Treaty of Lausanne, concluded on July 24, 1923, obliged Greece to return eastern Thrace and the islands of Imbros and Tenedos to Turkey, as well as to give up its claim to Smyrna.
www.onwar.com /aced/data/golf/greekturk1921.htm   (485 words)

  
  Greece. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Central Greece, situated N of the Gulf of Corinth, includes the low-lying plains of Thessaly, Attica, and Boeotia; Mt. Olympus (Ólimbos; 9,570 ft/2,917 m), the highest point in Greece; and Athens.
In the Balkan Wars (1912–13) Greece obtained SE Macedonia and W Thrace; the frontier with newly independent Albania gave a larger part of Epirus to Greece, but neither country was satisfied, and the area remained in dispute until 1971, when Greece, at least temporarily, dropped its claims to N Epirus.
In 1954, Greece signed an alliance with Turkey and Yugoslavia, but friction with Turkey (and also with Great Britain) soon arose over the sovereignty of Cyprus, the majority of whose population is ethnically Greek, and continued after Cyprus became independent in 1960.
www.bartleby.com /65/gr/Greece.html   (4145 words)

  
 Greece (08/05)
Greece has been a net beneficiary of the EU budget; in 2003, EU transfers accounted for 2.8 percent of GDP and may have exceeded 3 percent of GDP in 2004.
Greece was adamantly opposed to the use of "Macedonia" by the government in Skopje, claiming that the term is intrinsically Greek and should not be used by a foreign country.
Greece and Turkey have unresolved disagreements regarding the Aegean, the treatment of the Orthodox Church and Greek minority in Istanbul, and the Muslim (primarily ethnic Turkish) minority in western Thrace.
www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/3395.htm   (4000 words)

  
 Greek
The first breechloader officially adopted by Greece in the early 1870's was the native designed single shot flpowder Mylona rifle which used a dropping breech block.
It was not successful and Greece decided circa 1876 to purchase a copy of the French M1874 11mm Gras single shot rifle from the Austrian Arms Factory of Steyr in Austria.
Greece was late in adopting a NATO standard rifle, but eventually adopted the Heckler and Koch G3A3 in 7.62x51mm in 1979 as made in Greece at Anjion by "EBO".
www.carbinesforcollectors.com /Greek.html   (2231 words)

  
 Find A Grave - Greece
Born in Metsovo in the North of Greece, near to the border with Albania.
The Salonika Campaign of 1915-1918 in Greece and Macedonia was, like the 1915 Gallipoli Campaign in Turkey, an attempt by the Allies to open a second front to relieve pressure on British and French forces Belgium and France, but it...
He served four terms as the Prime Minister of Greece from October 6, 1955, to March 5, 1958, May 17, 1958, to September 20, 1961, November 4, 1961, to June 17, 1963, and from July 17, 1974, to May 10, 1980.
www.findagrave.com /php/famous.php?page=country&FScountryid=11   (1291 words)

  
 WAG - Welfare for Animals Global - Greece   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
In spite of Greece's seductive focus on alluring images of pristine, sandy beaches, sacred antiquities and expensive, global, fantasy public relations campaigns, brutality exists in the shadows, the back alleys and the local garbage dumps where animals are tossed like putrid trash to die; suffering and alone.
Obviously choosing not to lead by example, Greece has clearly pitched the prestige of her ancient and glorious past to the "dogs".
Greece is a heady mix of nationalistic sensitivity, joy, drama, ego, pride, myth, superstition and nationalistic convention.
www.wagny.org /greece   (1741 words)

  
 World Homes Network - Greece
Greece was forbidden to attack Constantinople, and on 22 September 1922 the Turks captured Smyrna.
That Greece did not fall under communist influence was undoubtedly partially due to the massive aid the government received from the USA, under the provisions of the Truman Doctrine.
Greece's open sympathy and tacit support for EOKA (the Cypriot movement pressing for this union) soon strained its relations with Turkey and Britain, and consequently NATO strength in the eastern Mediterranean was threatened.
www.world-homes.net /atlas/europe/Eastern/greece.htm   (3557 words)

  
 Minorities At Risk (MAR)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The cultural rights of the ethnic Greeks have been officially protected since 1997 when the Albanian Socialist government committed itself to a policy of providing opportunities for the ethnic Greeks "to be educated in their native language and to move freely wherever it is good for them" (Fatos Nano).
Also to be considered are the activities of neighboring Greece, which has advanced political, diplomatic, financial and military support to the Albanian Socialists, the traditional ally of the Greek minority.
Also to be considered are the activities of neighboring Greece – the main external sponsor of the group – which has advanced political, diplomatic, financial and military support to the Albanian Socialists.
www.cidcm.umd.edu /inscr/mar/data/albgrks.htm   (1396 words)

  
 Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh - Biocrawler definition:Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
His Royal Highness Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark was born on 10 June 1921 atop a kitchen table at Villa Mon Repos on Corfu, a Greek island in the Mediterranean Sea.
His mother was Princess Andrew of Greece and Denmark (formerly Princess Alice of Battenberg), the elder daughter of the 1st Marquess of Milford Haven (formerly Prince Louis of Battenberg) and the Marchioness of Milford Haven (formerly Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine).
Greece was politically unstable, and it was expected that the monarchy would soon be overthrown.
www.biocrawler.com /biowiki/Prince_Philip   (3239 words)

  
 GovMint.com - Last Year of Issue 1921 Morgan Silver Dollar
One day a farmer in America’s heartland decided to give his cellar a good cleaning.
We are proud to announce the release of Last-Year 1921 Morgan Silver Dollars.
This same 1921 Morgan silver dollar currently sells elsewhere in circulated, worn condition for $50 apiece.
www.govmint.com /countrylistings/northamerica/usa/1921morgan.aspx   (314 words)

  
 Nelly's
The exhibition Nelly's Greece: Photographs 1921-1939 is organised by the Photographic Archive of the Benaki Museum and the Cultural Centre of the Cyprus Popular Bank and held in Nicosia.
An exhibition entitled Nelly's Greece: Photographs 1923-1939, organised by the Photographic Archive of the Benaki Museum, is held at Chania in Crete.
An exhibition entitled Greece in the Inter-War Period through the Lens of Nelly's Camera, organised by the Photographic Archive of the Benaki Museum and the 'Friends of the Arts' Association, is held at the Iosifogleio Building, Nea Smyrni.
www.artopos.org /artists/nellys/nelly-bio-en.html   (716 words)

  
 All Content Copyright   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Within the American political doctrine of the separation of church and state, the formation and operation of churches is a private matter for people to group themselves under the legal structure of a non-profit corporate body.
The original 1921 incorporation of the Archdiocese resulted from a meeting; and the constitutions of 1922 and 1927 were ratified by congresses.
The Church of Greece was represented by the Most Reverend Dionysios Latas, Archbishop of Zante (1835-1894).
www.ocl.org /postscriptprog.htm   (4037 words)

  
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Minister of Foreign Affairs 1921 Andon Ashiku Minister of War 1921 Prenk Lleshi Minister of Home Affairs 1921 Zef Ndoci After this there were several other revolts like when the Albanian government tried to disarm the tribes in 1922 or in 1926.
The southern Sandjaks of the Osmanli Vilayet of Yanya (Chamlak, Delvine, Preveze and Yanya) - known to the Greeks as Epiros, after an ancient Kingdom - were inhabited by a mixed population of Albanians and Greeks.
After the end of the war the region was once again claimed by Greece, but in 1921 it formally was confirmed as a part of Albania by the Great Powers.
www.geocities.com /CapitolHill/Rotunda/2209/Albania_notes.html   (567 words)

  
 The Modern Greek Collections of the Library of Congress: Strengthening Modern Greek Collections (European ReadingRoom, ...
An element of strength of the collections for the period of independence (1821+) is local and regional history, covering the traditional regions of Greece such as Crete, the Cyclades, Epirus, the Ionian Islands, Macedonia, the Peloponnesos, and Thrace.
The first separate map of Greece, Hellados perigraphe [Description of Greece], drawn by Nikolaos Sophianos in 1543, is held by the Library in a 1545 edition issued by Johannus Oporinus in Basel with a descriptive commentary in Latin by Nicolaus Gerbel, and Sophanos' table of ancient and modern place name equivalents.
The Library's single sheet maps include 16th, 17th, and 18th century maps of mainland Greece and the islands, as well as modern maps that depict regions, provinces, cities, islands, and harbors, and thematic maps that cover economics, weather, natural resources, industry, commerce, demography, in all more than two thousand maps.
www.loc.gov /rr/european/GrkColl/kraus.html   (1580 words)

  
 My Family
Helen of Greece (Princess) was born on 2 May 1896 in Athens, Greece.
Parents: Constantine I OLDENBURG (King of Greece) and Sophie of Prussia (Queen of Greece).
Helen of Romania (Princess) was born in 1950 in Lausanne.
www.sneakers.pair.com /roots/b13.htm   (1053 words)

  
 Greece: History
B.C. The Aeolians and the Ionians apparently preceded the Dorians, who migrated into Greece before 1000 B.C. The Ionians, moving forth, possibly as refugees, possibly as conquerors, settled in the Ionian Islands and on the shores of Asia Minor, which became a part of the Greek world.
Philip II of Macedon attacked the warring city-states and conquered Greece by defeating the Athenians and the Thebans in the battle of
gave a larger part of Epirus to Greece, but neither country was satisfied, and the area remained in dispute until 1971, when Greece, at least temporarily, dropped its claims to N Epirus.
www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0858465.html   (3461 words)

  
 World Affairs Board - Greece vs Turkey
Alexander the Great first and in 1921 against Turkey were we lost by the Germans (they were sending war material and officers to the Turks) and not by the Turks, only a few miles away from Ankara.
Because Greece is a fully modern country with a large step in ecomony sector (a country that belong in Euro zone) and with a large enterprise activities in Balkans (Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, FYROM etc) like telecomunications, banks, technology enterprise etc..
Greece doesnot want to have problem with Turkey because they think that is an opportunity for good bussiness..
www.worldaffairsboard.com /showthread.php?p=42454   (4768 words)

  
 Greece
Greek-speaking Achaeans invaded the Greek peninsula from central Europe circa 2000 BC, displacing and enslaving the Pelasgians (aboriginal non-Greek inhabitants of Greece, Asia Minor and the Aegean Islands).
This led to the Persian Wars (499-449 BC), in which Persia invaded European Greece and was defeated at Marathon (490 BC) and Plataea (479 BC), the Persian fleet being crushed at Salamis (480 BC).
Greece continued to absorb Turkish land — Thessaly (1878), Crete, Macedonia, Epirus and most of the Turkish Islands after the Balkan Wars (1912-13), and Thrace and part of northwestern Asia Minor after the First World War, in which Greece after the deposition (1917) of pro-German King Constantine I, had fought on the Allied aide.
www.occultopedia.com /g/greece.htm   (1129 words)

  
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1921, occupation of Turkey, locally censored postcard from Brousse to ?.
1921, occupation of Turkey, Dikeli postmark on cover to Mytiline; part of back flap gone and tear on face sealed with paper tape.
1921, military in Turkey, FP 915 censor handstamp on cover to Egypt.
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 Royal Family of Europe - pafg130 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Michael, King of ROMANIA [Parents] was born on 25 Oct 1921 in Pelesch, Sinaia, Romania.
She married Michael, King of ROMANIA on 10 Jun 1948 in Athens, Greece.
Helen OF ROMANIA was born on 15 Nov 1950.
www.ishipress.com /royalfam/pafg130.htm   (1060 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - League of Nations
These include curbing international traffic in narcotics and prostitution, aiding refugees of World War I, and surveying and improving health and labor conditions around the world.
In the area of preserving peace, the league had some minor successes, including settlement of disputes between Finland and Sweden over the Åland Islands in 1921 and between Greece and Bulgaria over their mutual border in 1925.
The Great Powers, however, preferred to handle their own affairs; France occupied the Ruhr, and Italy occupied Corfu (Kérkira), both in 1923, in spite of the league.
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 The Ruling House of Greece, 1939-1945
Succeeded as King on the abdication of his father in 1922 and left Greece in 1924, when a republic was established.
Returned to the throne in 1935 following a plebiscite and left again in advance of the German invasion on April 23, 1941.
Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece, Duke of Sparta (1901-)
gsteinbe.intrasun.tcnj.edu /royalty/houses/greece.html   (214 words)

  
 My Family
Ferdinand I of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen HOHENZOLLERN (King of Romania) and Marie of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Queen of Romania).
George II OLDENBURG (King of Greece) and Elizabeth of Romania HOHENZOLLERN (Princess) were married on 27 Feb 1921 in Bucharest, Romania.
Michael HOHENZOLLERN (King of Romania) was born in 1921 in Pelesch, Sinaia, Romania.
sneakers.pair.com /roots/b95.htm   (851 words)

  
 German-Australian Line / Deutsche-Australische Dampfschiffs Gesellschaft
1914 interned at Barcelona, 1919 war reparations to France, 1921 passed to Britain, renamed City of Boston for Ellerman Line.
1914 interned at Sourabaya, 1919 war reparations to Britain, 1921 renamed City of Sydney, 1923 repurchased by German Australia Line renamed Luneburg (2), 1926 taken over by Hamburg America Line.
1914 interned in Dutch East Indies, 1919 war reparations to Britain, 1921 sold to Union S.S. Co. of New Zealand renamed Waiotapu.
www.theshipslist.com /ships/lines/german_australian.htm   (1173 words)

  
 Obituaries - 12/27/03 North County Times - North San Diego and Southwest Riverside County columnists   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Born Aug. 21, 1921, in Greece, she lived in Sun City and Menifee Valley for 50 years.
Bouris is survived by her son and daughter-in-law Peter and Henny Bouris of Menifee; brothers Tom Poulos of Indiana and Elias Panopoulos of Greece; sister, Evthokia Demopoulos of Greece; and grandchildren Lisa and Jenna Bouris of Menifee.
Born Aug. 23, 1921 in Merced, she lived in the San Marcos and Carlsbad area for 56 years.
www.nctimes.com /articles/2003/12/27/obituaries/12_26_0319_46_10.txt   (2279 words)

  
 Ancestors and Family of Carol II Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Marriage: Helen of Greece Oldenburg on 10 Mar 1921 in Athens, Greece
Carol married Helen of Greece Oldenburg, daughter of Constantine I of Greece Oldenburg and Sophie Dorothea Ulrica Hohenzollern, on 10 Mar 1921 in Athens, Greece.
(Helen of Greece Oldenburg was born on 3 May 1896 in Athens, Greece and died on 28 Nov 1982 in Lausanne, Switzerland.)
nygaard.howards.net /files/4203.htm   (96 words)

  
 Three-Legged Willie: History and Genealogy of Williamson County, Texas
Pg #16.Oct 31, 1920 to Feb 1, 1921
Pg #18.May 17, 1921 to Sept 27, 1921
Pg #19.Sept 27, 1921 to Dec 22, 1921
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 Hellenic Forums Omogenia - YASOU - Hellenism: Anargyros Antonopoulos, 80, freedom fighter, restaurateur
Born in Piraeus, Greece, in 1921, he died of a heart attack Friday in San Jose.
He had just enjoyed his first-ever birthday cake on his ship for his 21st birthday, and had stood up to walk to the other side of the cabin when a German torpedo struck and sank the vessel.
He returned to Greece and worked with British agents and the Greek underground, wreaking havoc on the Germans by blowing up bridges and railroads.
www.omogenia.com /forums/showthreaded.php/Number/88   (729 words)

  
 Greek Biology and Medicine, page 145   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Linnaeus and Cuvier have been my two gods, though in very different ways, but they were mere schoolboys to old Aristotle," in Letter of Darwin to Ogle, 1882, cited by Arthur Platt, in the preface to his translation of the De Gen. Animalium; also by Charles Singer, "Biology," p.
200, in R. Livingstone's The Legacy of Greece, Oxford, 1921.
A sketch of their contents is given by Charles Singer, in Livingstone's The Legacy of Greece, Oxford, 1921, pp.
www.ancientlibrary.com /medicine/0154.html   (277 words)

  
 North German Lloyd
1919 ceded to Britain as war reparation, 1921 sold to Spain renamed Aya Mendi.1924 repurchased by NGL reverted to Anhalt, 1932 sold to USSR renamed Kharkov.
1919 ceded to Britain as war reparation, 1921 repurchased by NGL rebuilt to 7438 tons, 1933 scrapped.
1919 ceded to Britain, 1921 to Greece renamed Constantinoupolis.
www.theshipslist.com /ships/lines/nglloyd.html   (4522 words)

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