The Capture of Korytsa or Korca by the Greek

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

 armed forces, happened at 20 December 1912, at the first Balkan War

First Balkan War

The First Balkan War, which lasted from October 1912 to May 1913, pitted the Balkan League against the Ottoman Empire. The combined armies of the Balkan states overcame the numerically inferior and strategically disadvantaged Ottoman armies and achieved rapid success...

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Capture

The Balkan Wars

Balkan Wars

The Balkan Wars were two conflicts that took place in the Balkans in south-eastern Europe in 1912 and 1913.By the early 20th century, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia, the countries of the Balkan League, had achieved their independence from the Ottoman Empire, but large parts of their ethnic...

, a conflict between Balkan countries against the Ottoman Empire broke at July 1912. While the Balkan allies were victorious, and the Hellenic Army liberated Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki , historically also known as Thessalonica, Salonika or Salonica, is the second-largest city in Greece and the capital of the region of Central Macedonia as well as the capital of the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace...

 continue to march in direction northwest to Kastoria

Kastoria

Kastoria is a city in northern Greece in the periphery of West Macedonia. It is the capital of Kastoria peripheral unit. It is situated on a promontory on the western shore of Lake Orestiada, in a valley surrounded by limestone mountains...

 and then Korytsa.

The Epirus front was still active and the Ottoman

Ottoman Empire

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 forces under Djavid Pasha placed 24,000 Ottoman troops in Korytsa in order to protect the northeast of Ioannina

Ioannina

Ioannina , often called Jannena within Greece, is the largest city of Epirus, north-western Greece, with a population of 70,203 . It lies at an elevation of approximately 500 meters above sea level, on the western shore of lake Pamvotis . It is located within the Ioannina municipality, and is the...

, the urban center of the region of Epirus

Epirus (region)

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. On December 20, 1912, 3 days after peace negotiatons started, the Greek forces pushed the Ottomans out of Korytsa.

This gave a significant advange to the Greek forces in order to conrtol the entire area and Ioannina, which happened with the Battle of Bizani

Battle of Bizani

The Battle of Bizani took place in Epirus on March 4–6, 1913. The battle was fought between the Greek and the Ottoman forces during the last stages of the First Balkan War, and revolved around the forts of Bizani, which covered the approaches to Ioannina, the largest city in the region.At the...

in March 1913.