Battle of Rhodes
Battle of Rhodes can refer to several battles and sieges throughout history.
- Battle of Rhodes (1912), Italian capture of the island during the Italo-Turkish War
- Battle of Rhodes (1943), German invasion during World War II.
- Siege of Rhodes (305–304 BC), by Demetrius I of Macedon
- Hospitaller conquest of Rhodes (1306–1310)
- Siege of Rhodes (1444), unsuccessful attempt by the Mamluks under Aynal Gecut to expel the Knights Hospitaller from the island
- Siege of Rhodes (1480), first, unsuccessful attempt by the Ottoman Empire to expel the Knights Hospitaller from the island
- Siege of Rhodes (1522), second, successful attempt by the Ottoman Empire to expel the Knights Hospitaller from the island
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