Saturday, May 12, 2012

Italy conquers Dodecanese Islands

Location of the Dodecanese Islands
Ottoman rule ends on Karpathos on May 12, 1912, when the Italians conquered the island, together with the whole Dodecanese, during the Italo-Turkish War of 1911-12. On that day sailors of the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) ship Vittorio Emanuele and the destroyer Alpino landed in Karpathos.





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