Central Greece Front (Greek War of Indipendence)
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Was the theatre of war in central Greece of the Greek War of Indipendence.
Chronology
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March 1821: The first region to revolt against the Ottomans in Central Greece wasPhocis.
March 1821: Salona conquered by Greek Independists.
March 1821: In Boeotia, Livadeia was captured by Greek Independist Athanasios Diakos.
April 1821: The revolutionary forces were led by Greek independence fighters such as Alexandros Mavrokordatos and Demetrios Ypsilantis. The Turkish garrison was under the command of Ottoman military leader Mehmet Reshid Pasha. The siege of the Acropolis marked a significant turning point in the Greek War of Independence.
May 1821: Missolonghi revolted on 25 May 1821. The Greek town was a key site in the Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire. The revolt was led by prominent Greek leaders such as Lord Byron and Alexandros Mavrokordatos.
June 1821: Omer Vrioni was an Ottoman military commander during the Greek War of Independence. Livadeia was a strategic town in central Greece. Vrioni's capture of Livadeia was a significant blow to the Greek forces, as it allowed the Ottomans to establish control over the region.
July 1821: The Greek revolution spreaded to other cities of western Central Greece.
October 1821: After a Greek force of 2,000 men managed to destroy at Vassilika a Turkish relief army on its way to Vrioni, the latter abandoned Attica in September and retreated to Ioannina.
April 1821: Thebes conquered by Greek Independists.
