Qualla: Battle of Chios (1912) https://qualla.com/battle-of-chios-1912 en-us © 2026 Bendyline Thu, 23 Jul 2026 20:34:08 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Battle of Chios (1912) https://qualla.com/battle-of-chios-1912 Battle of Chios (1912): Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-chios-1912/ An ultimatum reached the Ottoman commander of Chios with a three-hour deadline, and he refused it. That was the afternoon of 24 November 1912. What everyone expected to be a quick landing — the Greek fleet already ruled the Aegean — instead became a grinding six-week campaign that ran through Christmas and into the new year, fought across olive terraces and up into a mountainous interior where a well-supplied garrison could hold out far longer than anyone in Athens had planned. When the last Ottoman troops surrendered on 3 January 1913, almost 350 years of Ottoman rule over Chios ended in the cold hills above the town.

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]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/w/f/d/battle-of-chios-1912-wp/swfd-battle-of-chios-1912-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Chios (1912): Why Chios Was Hard https://qualla.com/battle-of-chios-1912/ Most Aegean islands fell to Greece in 1912 almost without a shot, their garrisons negligible. Chios was different. The recent Italo-Turkish War had left it unusually well prepared: a garrison of around 2,000 men under Lieutenant Colonel Zihne Bey, two battalions of the 18th Infan...

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]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/w/f/d/battle-of-chios-1912-wp/swfd-battle-of-chios-1912-why-chios-was-hard.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of Chios (1912): Landing and Stalemate https://qualla.com/battle-of-chios-1912/ At 15:12 on 24 November, Greek troops began landing at Kontari, about four kilometers north of Chios town. The Ottomans fought hard at the shoreline but were driven back inland by naval bombardment, and the Greeks entered the town unopposed the next morning. Then the campaign sta...

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