Following the war, the islands became a British military protectorate, and were almost immediately allowed to run their own civil affairs, upon which the islands became informally united with Greece, though under separate sovereignty and military control.
Tras a guerra, as illas convertéronse nun protectorado militar británico, e foilles permitido dirixiren os seus propios asuntos civís, polo que as illas informalmente estaban unidas a Grecia, aínda que baixo soberanía separada e control militar.