✦ History

Part of Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922)

Battle of the Sakarya

August 23 – September 13, 1921 · Battle of the Sakarya

Result Turkish victory

Mustafa Kemal stopped the Greek advance on Ankara in three weeks of fighting on the Sakarya river.

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Greece

Turkish National Movement

Greece
Turkey
Anastasios Papoulas military commander Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark military commander
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk military commander İsmet İnönü military commander Fevzi Çakmak military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
c. 77,000
Casualties
23,267
Deaths
3,958
Aircraft
18
Guns
386

Units

Greek Army of Asia Minor 1st Infantry Division (Greece) 2nd Mechanized Infantry Division 3rd Infantry Division (Greece) 4th Infantry Division (Greece) 5th Airmobile Brigade
Turkish Western Front Army

Also involved 1