✦ History

Part of Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922)

Great Offensive

August 26 – September 18, 1922

Result Turkish victory

Turkish forces under Mustafa Kemal broke through Greek lines near Afyonkarahisar. They drove the Greek army out of Anatolia and recaptured Smyrna, which ended the Greco-Turkish War.

Overview Contemporaries

Turkish National Movement

Greece

Turkey
Greece
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk military commander İsmet İnönü military commander Fevzi Çakmak military commander
Georgios Hatzianestis military commander Nikolaos Trikoupis military commander Kimon Digenis military commander

Strength and losses

Casualties
50,000
Captured
15,000
Guns
348

Units

1/38 National Guard Command

Battles 1

Before and after

Ended by
Armistice of Mudanya October 11, 1922

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Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922)
 
Turkish War of Independence
 
Great Offensive
 
Armistice of Mudanya