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Battle of Navarino

On October 20, 1827 in the Battle of Navarino, a combined Turkish and Egyptian armada was destroyed by an allied British, French, and Russian naval force at the port of Navarino[?] in Pylos, Greece. The most important result of this battle was the end of the Greek Liberation War[?] and the affirmation of independence of modern Greece.

See also: History of Greece



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