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Siege of Thodorou
| Siege of Thodorou | |||||||
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| Part of the Cretan War (Fifth Ottoman–Venetian War) | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Ottoman Empire | Republic of Venice | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Silahdar Yusuf Pasha | Biagio Giuliani | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
Siege of Thodorou, was one of the sieges of the Cretan War (1645–1669).
In 1645, the Ottoman navy under the command of Silahdar Yusuf Pasha, in an expedition against Crete, which was held by the Republic of Venice, captured the castle on the island of Agioi Theodoroi, which they besieged on June 25.
With this conquest, the Ottoman navy found a safe haven and landed troops on Crete. On June 27, the Siege of Chania began.[1]
- ^ "Naval wars in the Levant, 1559-1853", R.C. Anderson, Princeton University Press (1952), pp.122-123
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