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23 January 2007

The Balkan Wars

Evzone_1 During the Balkan Wars that took place before World War I, Greek immigrants living and working in the United States, most of whom were single, young men, returned to fight for Greece. Both my grandfathers, Panayotis and Stavros,  spent a few years working in the mills in Biddeford, Maine and returned home to Northern Epirus to fight in the struggle to free their homeland from Ottoman occupation. Recently, I came across a very  informative history of both the 1st and 2nd  Balkan Wars, replete with photos here and here.  It is a treasure trove.

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