Capture of Korytsa
Capture of Korytsa | |||||||
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Part of the First Balkan War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Greece | Ottoman Empire | ||||||
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Crown Prince Constantine | Djavit Pasha | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
24,000 troops |
The capture of Korytsa or Korca by the Greek armed forces, happened at 20 December, 1912, at the first Balkan War.
Capture
The Balkan Wars, a conflict between Balkan countries against the Ottoman Empire broke at July 1912. While the Balkan allies were victorious, and the Hellenic Army liberated Thessaloniki continue to march in direction northwest to Kastoria and then Korytsa.
The Epirus front was still active and the Ottoman forces under Djavid Pasha placed 24,000 Turkish troops in Korytsa in order to protect the northeast of Ioannina, the urban center of the region of Epirus. In December 20, 1912, 3 days after peace negotions started[1], the Greek forces pushed the Ottomans out of Korytsa.[2]
This gave a significant advange to the Greek forces in order to conrtol the entire area and Ioannina, which happened with the Battle of Bizani in March 1913.