Greek War of Independence: Egyptians Attack - Early Modern DOCUMENTARY

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The video was made by Lito Areta, while the script was researched and written by Leo Stone

#Documentary #GreekWarOfIndependence #Ottoman

[nikpist]

Greece lost almost 40% of its pre-war population during the Hellenic Revolution period. It's beyond human logic how we survived this as a nation.

[lordsiomai]

If I'm gonna be honest, this probably the first time in my life I learned a part of Greek History that is not during the heyday of the old Greek civilization and the Greek Empire. Everytime I read or watch about Greece it was always about the Empire or the ancient Greek civilizations. Thank you for shedding light into this relatively unknown part of Greek history

[kristiawanindriyanto]

It was nostalgic to see cities such as Thebes, Corinth and of course Athens, once so famous in antiquity mentioned again in the modern times

[وردالنيل-هز]

انا مصري مشتراك في هذهي القناة الرائعة حقن لقد ادهشة بحديثك عن حرب الموره إلقاء أكثر من رائع ومعلومات قيمة بمونتها الحيديه تحياتي لك 🇪🇬🇬🇷

[Darth.Vermilius]

Kolokotronis is one of the greatest and most underestimated military men of the 19th century, a borderline genius ; he was awfully treated by the greek state, since the politicians wanted to show themselves as the saviors of the nation. The Greek war of Independence is a truly complicated story.

[userconstantine]

Hey kings and generals as a Greek that follows your channel a long time I would like to thank you for referring to The Greek Revolution. Because it was such a crucial period for Greece and it has interesting history which people don't hear often.

[FederationMapping]

The Chios massacre is one of the most terrifying events in modern Greek history, however, it failed to drop the morale of the Greek revolutionaries, who continued their fight for freedom

[irollneed]

This war is one of the most (if not the most) important ones for us Greeks. The attention to the details is amazing, once again you nailed it. Thank you so much for this series Kings and Generals, we'll be waiting for the next video!

[sapphyrus]

As a Turk I find this series highly educating and I think they should be viewed by Turks to draw lessons from mistakes made, since these lessons can be applied even today in some circumstances. Keep up the good work. Peace in Mediterranean forever!

[expandedhistory]

Hey Kings and Generals. Because it’s towards the end of the school and all my classes are pretty much done with their final exams etc, I’ve been recently showing some of your videos that are related to some of the topics we covered throughout the year such as the Pacific series which they absolutely loved. Just wanted to quickly thank you for making my classes just glued to the screen in fascination while also learning something important.

[babis]

Greeks are unique in civil wars (Examples below):
The Spatans fought with the Atheneans to kick out the Persians. Later the Spartans took bribes from Persians to win the Atheneans at the Peloponnese war.

During 1821 Greeks did not had a formal nation yet and the best thing that they could do is begin civil wars!!

After WW2 Greece was destroyed by the Nazis and yet again we started a new civil

[michaelsinger]

Greek determination was truly impressive.

[ΧαρίλαοςΤρικούπης-σρ]

When I was a kid Kolokotronis used to be something like my favorite super hero. I used to reenact the battle of dervenakia with my toy soldiers all the time.

[nicholascage]

We're not taught at schools about Egypt's role in the Greek War of Independence. In any case, the Greeks are our friends now and we are very much fond of them.

[AemondOneEye]

If we take a step back and see the greater picture of the time, that being the Ottoman Empire, while well past its prime, was still a powerful state and could afford considerable resources to try and turn the war around, and that the Europeans, due to living in the afternath of the Conference of Vienna, were obsessed with the preservation of monarchies and border stability, it is a miracle the Greek cause eventually succeeded. Truly against all odds.

[sarkal]

Apart from the civil war Ibrahim's campaign was the most devastating blow to the greek cause. Not only his reformed, along european lines, professional army could successfully repel the rebels but his plans for Peloponnese caused a huge bloodbath. Ibrahim didn't simply want to pacify the region but to also colonize it with Egyptians. As such the destruction could only be compared with the aftermath of the failed 1770 Orlov Revolt. Even today the phrase "Braïmis passed by" is used to describe a big disaster. It was Kolokotronis and his policy of punishing those that surrendered that kept the Revolution going. Even through Ibrahim's forces would only be destroyed at the 1827 naval battle of Navarino the guerrilla attacks did took a toll to his army. The irony of the story is that his father Mohammad Ali is held in high esteem because he encouraged many Greek merchants to settle in Egypt giving them many privileges. Their presence was crucial for the region's economic development and by the end of the 19th century the constituted practically Egypt's middle class.

[jorgepap]

Greeks: Let's start a civil war while fighting the ottomans...(Greek history in a nutshell)

[dorianphilotheates]

Χρόνια Πολλά της Ελλάδας μας — Ζήτω το Αθάνατο ‘21! Με πατριωτικούς χαιρετισμούς σε όλους τους Έλληνες και Φιλέλληνες του κόσμου.

[AKAZA-kqjd]

You should make a series on how the industrial revolution dismantled the Ottoman Empire.

[pseudomonas]

"Brothers, i didn't ask for millitary ranks from the Government, neither to be appointed General, and in order to show you, that i' m still the same Markos, who always fought at your side, behold... in front of you i rip this paper that appointed me General. The enemy is out there, and is waiting for us. Who is worthy, let's fight with me tomorrow, and let's receive his rank in the battlefield, against the enemy who is coming to enslave us again. And if we fall, there is no greater honour from joining Leonidas and his 300, in the afterlife."

From Markos Botsaris's last speech, before the Battle of Karpenisi in 1823. Markos himself gave the answers...