Author Topic: The Greek War of Independence (Read 7521 times)

DintheDin · « **Reply #15 on:** March 21, 2020, 11:55:42 AM »

Italian colonel Andrea Dania, Philhellene commander at the disastrous battle of Peta.
Philhellenes could be wearing whatever you may imagine, partly uniform items, headgear or insignia of their mother country, part civilian dress. Depicting them with some fixed formal uniform could be wrong...

OB · « **Reply #16 on:** March 21, 2020, 02:26:04 PM »

Yes, I think that too. The round cap shown there seems to have been popular.

OB · « **Reply #17 on:** March 22, 2020, 02:36:50 PM »

The first of the Greeks.

DintheDin · « **Reply #18 on:** March 22, 2020, 05:56:11 PM »

Nice movement and you caught the dress colors! Keep them coming!

OB · « **Reply #19 on:** March 22, 2020, 06:53:33 PM »

Thanks Din. Here are some more.

OB · « **Reply #20 on:** March 23, 2020, 10:09:40 AM »

In order to create a bit more variety among my Greeks I'm doing some minor conversions. Mainly this means adding sashes,swords,sleeves and hair with the odd tassel here and there.

DintheDin · « **Reply #21 on:** March 23, 2020, 06:30:32 PM »

You are doing an enviable job, I like your conversions!
Should be good if you decide to present Philhellenes, to mass them in separate units.
You could field a leader of them from the Napoleonic range wearing some winter dress. Cape or manteaux.

FramFramson · « **Reply #22 on:** March 23, 2020, 06:47:00 PM »

Looking good... you'll be all set for the bicentenary next year!

OB · « **Reply #23 on:** March 23, 2020, 08:17:55 PM »

Thank you both. Yes, I will do the Philhellenes in a separate unit. I'm currently assembling the figures.

DintheDin · « **Reply #24 on:** March 23, 2020, 08:42:48 PM »

One of the most famous battles was Dervenakia, where the Dramali Pasha's expedition met a disaster.
Out of the army of more than 23,000 with which he entered the Morea, barely 6,000 had survived.
The extent of the Ottoman defeat became proverbial in Greece, where a great defeat is still referred to as a "καταστροφή του Δράμαλη", i.e. "Dramali's disaster".
The Revolution was saved in 1822 due to the strategic mind of Theodore Kolokotronis.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expedition_of_Dramali

OB · « **Reply #25 on:** March 24, 2020, 02:12:11 PM »

Thanks for that Din. I have a Crimean Russian officer that I think I can convert into a model of Andrea Dania.

DintheDin · « **Reply #26 on:** March 24, 2020, 02:29:47 PM »

The Battle of Maniaki was fought on May 20, 1825 in Maniaki, Peloponnisos, Greece between Ottoman Egyptian forces led by Ibrahim Pasha and Greek forces led by Papaflessas
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Maniaki

1971 movie "Papaflessas", a decent production and a quite good presentation of Papaflessa's last stand at Maniaki

DintheDin · « **Reply #27 on:** March 24, 2020, 02:50:43 PM »

The Peta monument, where Andrea Dania fell. Battle of Peta 4/7/1822

The disastrous battle of Peta, where many Philhellenes were lost
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Peta

DintheDin · « **Reply #28 on:** March 25, 2020, 08:31:36 AM »

Alexander Ypsilantis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Ypsilantis

Sacred Band 1821
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_Band_(1821)

Battle of Dragashani
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Dragashani

Alexander Ypsilantis crosses the Pruth
Sacred Band at the battle of Dragashani

So, the black dress in mirliton, quite similar with the Brunswick uniforms is associated with the volunteers of the Sacred Band who never fought in mainland Greece, they fought in an uprising in Wallachia, a prelude to the GWI and were dissolved after the disastrous battle of Dragashani.

DintheDin · « **Reply #29 on:** March 25, 2020, 08:45:14 AM »

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