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Exile of Andrew

Greece · House / House of Battenburg. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records
1917–1922Date range
1Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1917

Andrew1917

House / House of Battenburg

Leaves Greece with his brother, King Constantine, who had abdicated in favour of his son after unsuccessfully attempting to keep Greece neutral in World War I

1921

Andrew1921

House / House of Battenburg

After his brother is restored to the throne of Greece Andrew is given command of the Second Army Corps during the Battle of the Sakarya, which effectively stalemated the Greco-Turkish War

1922

Andrew1922

House / House of Battenburg

Andrew is banished for life and his family fled into exile aboard a British cruiser, HMS Calypso

Names involved

Andrew

Provenance

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