Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922)
May 15, 1919 – October 11, 1922 · Western Anatolia
Result Turkish victory
Greece's campaign in western Anatolia after the First World War, defeated by Mustafa Kemal's nationalists; it ended with the population exchange and the Treaty of Lausanne.
Greece
Turkish National Movement
Other
Nikolaos Plastiras
military commander
Eleftherios Venizelos
belligerent leader
Dimitrios Gounaris
belligerent leader
Alexandros Othonaios
military commander
Constantine I of Greece
military commander
Alexander of Greece
military commander
Leonidas Paraskevopoulos
military commander
Dimitrios Ioannou
military commander
Units
Greek Army of Asia Minor
Kuva-yi Inzibatiye
I Army Corps (Greece)
II Army Corps (Greece)
11th Infantry Division (Greece)
13th Infantry Division (Greece)
1st Infantry Division (Greece)
2nd Mechanized Infantry Division
3rd Infantry Division (Greece)
4th Infantry Division (Greece)
6th Infantry Division (Greece)
Archipelago Division
29th Mechanized Infantry Brigade (Greece)
5th Airmobile Brigade
1/38 National Guard Command
Battles and events 14
- Occupation of Smyrna May 15, 1919 – September 9, 1922
- Greek landing at Smyrna May 15, 1919
- Urla clashes May 17, 1919 · Greek victory *Greek army enters Urla
- Yalova Peninsula massacres 1920 – 1921
- Greek Summer Offensive June 1920 – September 1920
- Battle of the Gediz October 24 – November 12, 1920 · Greek victory
- First Battle of İnönü January 6–11, 1921 · Turkish victory
- Second Battle of İnönü March 26–31, 1921 · Turkish victory
- Battle of Kütahya–Eskişehir July 10–24, 1921
- Battle of the Sakarya August 23 – September 13, 1921 · Turkish victory
- Battle of Dumlupınar August 26–30, 1922 · Turkish victory
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Great Offensive August 26 – September 18, 1922 · Turkish victory
- Battle of Dumlupınar August 26–30, 1922 · Turkish victory
- Turkish capture of Smyrna September 9, 1922 · Turkish capture of Smyrna
- Burning of Smyrna September 13–22, 1922
Before and after
- Ended by
- Armistice of Mudanya October 11, 1922
Treaty of Lausanne July 24, 1923
