How did the Dodecanese become part of Greece after World War II?

After World War II, the Dodecanese Islands became part of Greece through the Paris Peace Treaties of 1947. Following a period of Italian rule, which began in 1912 and was confirmed by the Treaty of Lausanne, the islands were under British occupation with Greek participation after the war.12

In 1946, a conference of foreign ministers agreed that the Dodecanese should be ceded to Greece. This formal transfer occurred in 1947 as part of the broader peace treaties that concluded World War II with Italy and other Axis-aligned nations. Italy ceded the Dodecanese islands to Greece as one of the territorial adjustments stipulated in the treaties.12