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At the outbreak of World War I in August 1914, the Kingdom of Greece remained neutral. Nonetheless, in October 1914, Greek forces once more occupied Northern Epirus, from where they had retreated after the end of the Balkan Wars.
File:Map Greece expansion 1832-1947-en.svg. ... but in 1912-14 and 1914-16; eastern Aegean islands were assigned only at the Protocol of Florence in 1914. And ...
13 February 1914 (Protocol of Florence ) The Great Powers assign the islands of the eastern Aegean (apart from the Italian-occupied Dodecanese) to Greece. Imbros, Tenedos, and Kastellorizo are returned to the Ottoman Empire. 27 November 1919 (Treaty of Neuilly): Western Thrace, formerly Bulgarian, is annexed to Greece.
Greece: 1832 – Today: Kingdom of Greece – 1890: ... Blank map of Europe 1914.svg: German Empire. Province of Pomerania Austria-Hungary derivative work by TRAJAN 117
Greeks held 45% of the capital in the Ottoman Empire before 1914, [38] and many of the refugees expelled from Turkey had funds and skills which they quickly put to use in Greece. These refugees from Asia Minor also led to rapid growth of urban areas in Greece, as the vast majority of them settled in urban centres such as Athens and Thessaloniki.
The Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus (Greek: Αὐτόνομος Δημοκρατία τῆς Βορείου Ἠπείρου, romanized: Aftónomos Dimokratía tis Voreíou Ipeírou) was a short-lived, self-governing entity founded in the aftermath of the Balkan Wars on 28 February 1914, by the local Greek population in southern Albania (Northern Epirotes).
Greece: 1832 – Today: Kingdom of Greece – 1890: ... Blank map of Europe 1914.svg: German Empire. Province of Pomerania Austria-Hungary derivative work by TRAJAN 117
Greece joined united with the Allies side in summer 1917. A map of Greater Greece after the Treaty of Sèvres, when the Megali Idea seemed close to fulfillment, featuring Eleftherios Venizelos. Greek cavalry attacking during the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922).