On 25 March 1821, the Greek War of Independence also known as the Greek Revolution officially began. A decade later, in 1832, Greece became an independent state when the Ottoman Empire recognised it within officially demarcated borders. However, the boundaries of the new Kingdom of Greece were a mere fraction of the territory it claimed as its own. Over the next 120 years, Greece would undergo a series of five expansions resulting in the borders that we know today. So, how did Greece become independent? And how did it expand to its current size?

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Many countries become independent within borders that don't meet their national aspirations. However, sometimes a country is able to unite many of the territories it claims. Greece is a very good example of irredentism as the quest to claim national territory is known. Having become independent within boundaries that included just the Peloponnese in southern Greece and the islands of the western Aegean, it went through five expansions, including the Ionian Islands, Thessaly, Epirus, Macedonia, Western Thrace, Crete and the Dodecanese Islands. However, the process of Greek expansion a policy of expansion known as the Magali Idea (Great Idea) was not without its costs. The disastrous campaign in 1922 saw Greece lose its chance to take Asia Minor and Constantinople. Then, in 1960, Cyprus, the last major unredeemed territory became independent. But not without one last tragedy.

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0:00 Introduction and Titles
0:51 Irredentism and the expansion of Greece
2:22 Greece and the Ottoman Legacy
3:53 The Greek War of Independence
4:46 Greece's Expansion to the Ionian Islands and Thessaly
6:57 Crete, Southern Epirus and Macedonia join Greece
8:49 The Asia Minor Campaign and the addition of Thrace
11:02 The Dodecanese and Cyprus

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