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Name: Aegean Front

Type: Event

Start: 1912 AD

End: 1913 AD

Parent: First Balkan War

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Was the Aegean front of the First Balkan War.

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  • May 1912: Ships of the Italian 1st and 2nd divisions occupied Karpathos (It. Scarpanto) and Kasos (It. Caso), while other units of the same divisions with simultaneous action, seized Nisyros (It. Nisiro), Tilos (It. Piscopi), Kalymnos (It. Calimno), Leros (It. Lero), and Patmos (It. Patmo).
  • April 1912: On the 28th, Astypalaia (It. Stampalia) was occupied by Italian forces.
  • May 1912: The first Italian landing in Rhodes took place on May 4, when 8,000 men under the command of General Giovanni Ameglio landed in the bay of Kalitea about 10 km from the capital Rhodes, reached in the evening. The Turkish garrison of city withdrew during the night and surrendered the following morning.
  • December 1912: Greek forces took Körice on December 20.
  • December 1912: On November 21, the Greeks landed at Midilli.
  • May 1912: On May 9, 1912, Italian cruiser Duca degli Abruzzi occupied Calchi, taking the garrison prisoner.
  • May 1912: On May 16, during the battles of Psithos, Italian destroyers Nembo and Aquilone occupied the island of Leipsoi (It. Lisso).
  • May 1912: Italian R.N. Pegasus took possession of the island of Symi.
  • November 1912: Greek forces took Taşoz, İmroz, Samothrace and Limni (now Lemnos) in early November.
  • October 1912: On October 20, Greek units occupied Tenedos.
  • January 1913: Greek conquest of Sakız.
  • May 1912: Italian R.N. Napoli occupies the island of Kos.

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