The Greek Borders — Season 1, Episode 9: The Dodecanese
Documentary • 30 min • 1 season, 9 episodes
Episode synopsis
After a long period of Frankish rule, the Dodecanese passed into Ottoman hands and then into Italian ones. It was only in 1947, after Italy’s defeat in the Second World War, that the islands became part of the Greek state.
About The Greek Borders
From the very founding of the Greek state, territorial expansion was one of its main foreign policy goals. Watch how Greece claimed and incorporated the territories that now make up the body of the country.