Modern history of Crete

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 95. Chapters: Cretan State, Crete in World War II, Ottoman Crete, Patrick Leigh Fermor, Eleftherios Venizelos, Cretan War, Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, 2nd Division, George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe, Mediterranean Fleet, Cretan Gendarmerie, Cretan Turks, Theriso revolt, Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg, Cretan Revolt, W. Stanley Moss, Prince George of Greece and Denmark, Kurt Student, Kidnap of General Kreipe, Holocaust of Viannos, Operation Albumen, Holocaust of Kedros, Bruno Bräuer, George Psychoundakis, John Pendlebury, Alexandros Zaimis, The 11th Day: Crete 1941, Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller, 22nd Infantry Division, Heinrich Kreipe, Hatzimichalis Dalianis, Ill Met by Moonlight, Damasta sabotage, Friedrich Schubert, Alexander Andrae, Cretan resistance, 164th Infantry Division, Gazi Hüseyin Pasha, Koufonisi, Crete, 5th Mountain Division, Xan Fielding, Fallschirmjäger memorial, Russian post offices in Crete, National Organization of Crete, Fortress Crete, French ship Sinfra, Austrian post offices in Crete, Angelico Carta, 8th Air Corps, Treaty of Constantinople, The Cretan Runner, Thomas James Dunbabin, Pact of Halepa, French post offices in Crete, Anthopoulos Costaki. Excerpt: Eleftherios Venizelos (full name Elefthérios Kyriákou Venizélos, Greek: ¿¿e¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿e¿¿¿¿¿¿¿; pronounced ; 23 August 1864 - 18 March 1936) was an eminent Greek revolutionary, a prominent and illustrious statesman as well as a charismatic leader in the early 20th century. Elected several times as Prime Minister of Greece and served from 1910 to 1920 and from 1928 to 1932. Venizelos had such profound influence on the internal and external affairs of Greece that he is credited with being "the maker of modern Greece", and he is still widely known as the "Ethnarch". His first entry into the international scene was with his significant role in the autonomy of the Cretan State and later in the union of Crete with Greece. Soon, he was invited to Greece to resolve the political deadlock and became the country's Prime Minister. Not only did he initiate constitutional and economic reforms that set the basis for the modernization of Greek society, but also reorganized both army and navy in preparation of future conflicts. Before the Balkan Wars of 1912-1913, Venizelos' catalytic role helped gain Greece entrance to the Balkan League, an alliance of the Balkan states against Ottoman Turkey. Through his diplomatic acumen, Greece doubled her area and population with the liberation of Macedonia, Epirus, and the rest of the Aegean islands. In World War I (1914-1918), he brought Greece on the side of the Allies, further expanding the Greek borders. However, his pro-Allied foreign policy brought him in direct conflict with the monarchy, causing the National Schism. The Schism polarized the population between the royalists and Venizelists and the struggle for power between the two groups afflicted the political and social life of Greece for decades. Following the Allied victory, Venizelos secured new territorial gains, especially in Anatolia, coming close to realize the Megali Idea. Despite his achievements, Venizelos was defeated in the 1920 General Election, which contributed