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First Balkan War: The Greek navy completes the capture of the island of Lemnos for use as a forward base against the Dardanelles.
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First Balkan War
1912–1913 war between the Balkan League and the Ottoman Empire
The First Balkan War lasted from October 1912 to May 1913 and involved actions of the Balkan League against the Ottoman Empire. The Balkan states' combined armies overcame the initially numerically inferior and strategically disadvantaged Ottoman armies, achieving rapid success.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Capture of Lemnos
1912 Greek victory of the First Balkan War
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. The strategic value of the island of Lemnos had been recognized by Greek naval planners for many years, as it lay at…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Lemnos
Greek island in the northern Aegean Sea
Lemnos or Limnos is a Greek island in the northern Aegean Sea. Administratively the island forms a separate municipality within the Lemnos regional unit, which is part of the North Aegean region. The principal town of the island and seat of the municipality is Myrina. At 477.583…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Dardanelles
Narrow strait in northwestern Turkey
The Dardanelles, also known as the Strait of Gallipoli and in classical antiquity as the Hellespont, 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…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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Day of the year
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