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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 55. Chapters: Morea expedition, Massacres during the Greek Revolution, Souliotes, Background of the Greek War of Independence, Filiki Eteria, Armatoloi, Spinalonga, Greek civil wars of 1824-1825, Gramvousa, Klepht, Aegean Anti-Piracy Operation, First Hellenic Republic, Agia Lavra, Tatarna Bridge, Areopagus of Eastern Continental Greece, Elafonisi, Koufonisi, Crete, Treaty of Adrianople, Sacred Band, Kissamos, Treaty of Constantinople, Third National Assembly at Troezen, Senate of Western Continental Greece, Dr g ani, Ellinoglosso Xenodocheio, First National Assembly at Epidaurus, Bouboulina, Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi, Hellas, Second National Assembly at Astros, Treaty of London, Fifth National Assembly at Nafplion, Fourth National Assembly at Argos, Propylaea, Kastania, Laconia, Liakos Liakopoulos, Kasos massacre, Greek local statutes. Excerpt: The Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution (Greek: Ottoman: Yunan syan ) was a successful war of independence waged by the Greek revolutionaries between 1821 and 1832, with later assistance from several European powers, Russia, United Kingdom and France against the Ottoman Empire, who were assisted by their vassals, the Eyalet of Egypt and partly the Vilayet of Tunisia. Following the fall of the Byzantine Empire to the Ottoman Empire, most of Greece came under Ottoman rule. During this time, there were frequent revolts by Greeks attempting to gain independence. In 1814, a secret organization called the Filiki Eteria was founded with the aim of liberating Greece. The Filiki Eteria planned to launch revolts in the Peloponnese, the Danubian Principalities and Constantinople. The first of these revolts began on 6 March 1821 in the Danubian Principalities, but it was soon put down by the Ottomans. The events in the north urged the Greeks in the P...
