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What was the Corfu Incident (1923)?

Introduction The Corfu Incident was a 1923 diplomatic and military crisis between Greece and Italy. It was triggered when an Italian general heading a commission to resolve a border dispute between Albania and Greece was murdered in Greek territory along with members of his staff. In response, Benito Mussolini issued an ultimatum to Greece and,… Read More

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What was the Corfu Channel Incident (1946-1948)?

Introduction The Corfu Channel Incident consists of three separate events involving Royal Navy ships in the Channel of Corfu which took place in 1946, and it is considered an early episode of the Cold War. During the first incident, Royal Navy ships came under fire from Albanian fortifications. The second incident involved Royal Navy ships… Read More

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What was the Tarlis Incident (1924)?

Introduction The Tarlis incident was the killing of 17 ethnically Bulgarian peasants by a Greek officer on 27 July 1924, at Tarlis (present-day Vathytopos), a mountainous village in the Kato Nevrokopi region near the Greco-Bulgarian border. Refer to the War of the Stray Dog (1925). Background Tarlis (Τърлис), Loftsa (Ловча) and Karakioi (Каракьой) were three… Read More

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What was the War of the Stray Dog (1925)?

Introduction The Incident at Petrich, or War of the Stray Dog, was a Greek-Bulgarian crisis in 1925 that resulted in a brief invasion of Bulgaria by Greece near the border town of Petrich after the killing of a Greek captain and a sentry by Bulgarian soldiers. The incident ended after a decision by the League… Read More

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What was the Pig War (1859)?

Introduction The Pig War was a confrontation in 1859 between the United States and the United Kingdom over the British-US border in the San Juan Islands, between Vancouver Island (present-day Canada) and the State of Washington. The Pig War, so called because it was triggered by the shooting of a pig, is also called the… Read More