Asia Minor Disaster - Revision history

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1919-1922

Angellight 888 at 18:22, March 7, 2009

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Irlandos: /* 1919-1922 */

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1919-1922

Irlandos: /* Greek Presence in Asia Minor */

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Greek Presence in Asia Minor

Irlandos at 10:10, September 17, 2007

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 The Greeks initiated another attack on [[March 27]] ([[Second Battle of Inonu]]), which ended in their first major defeat by the Kemalist troops on [[March 30]]. The British had favoured a Greek territorial expansion but refused to offer any military assistance in order to avoid provoking the French. The Turkish forces however received significant assistance from the Soviet Union. Nevertheless, the Greek army managed to scale the Asia Minor plateau and occupy a line running from Eskisehir to Afyon Karahisar.
-In June 1921, a reinforced Greek army advanced afresh to the River Sakarya (Sangarios in Greek), less than 100 km (62 miles) west of Ankara. The advance of the Greek Army faced fierce resistance which culminated in the 21-day [[Battle of the Sakarya]] ([August 23]] – [[September 13]], [[1921]]). The ferocity of the battle, coupled with the inhospitable landscape, exhausted both sides to such an extent that they were both contemplating a withdrawal, but the Greeks were the first to withdraw to their previous lines.
+In June 1921, a reinforced Greek army advanced afresh to the River Sakarya (Sangarios in Greek), less than 100 km (62 miles) west of Ankara. The advance of the Greek Army faced fierce resistance which culminated in the 21-day [[Battle of the Sakarya]] ([[August 23]] – [[September 13]], [[1921]]). The ferocity of the battle, coupled with the inhospitable landscape, exhausted both sides to such an extent that they were both contemplating a withdrawal, but the Greeks were the first to withdraw to their previous lines.
 That was the furthest in Anatolia the Greeks had advanced, and within few weeks they withdrew orderly back to the lines they held in June, intending at least to protect the [[Smyrna]] area.

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	In June 1921, a reinforced Greek army advanced afresh to the River Sakarya (Sangarios in Greek), less than 100 km (62 miles) west of Ankara. The advance of the Greek Army faced fierce resistance which culminated in the 21-day [[Battle of the Sakarya]] ([August 23]] – [[September 13]], [[1921]]). The ferocity of the battle, coupled with the inhospitable landscape, exhausted both sides to such an extent that they were both contemplating a withdrawal, but the Greeks were the first to withdraw to their previous lines.		In June 1921, a reinforced Greek army advanced afresh to the River Sakarya (Sangarios in Greek), less than 100 km (62 miles) west of Ankara. The advance of the Greek Army faced fierce resistance which culminated in the 21-day [[Battle of the Sakarya]] ([August 23]] – [[September 13]], [[1921]]). The ferocity of the battle, coupled with the inhospitable landscape, exhausted both sides to such an extent that they were both contemplating a withdrawal, but the Greeks were the first to withdraw to their previous lines.

−	That was the furthest in Anatolia the Greeks had advanced, and within few weeks they withdrew orderly back to the lines they held in June, intending at least to protect the [[Smyrna] area.	+	That was the furthest in Anatolia the Greeks had advanced, and within few weeks they withdrew orderly back to the lines they held in June, intending at least to protect the [[Smyrna]] area.

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	The Popular Party government proceeded to replace Commander-in-chief [[Leonidas Paraskevopoulos]], as well as most senior officers, with men on the basis of their political loyalty to the new regime rather than on merit. The new Commander-in-chief, [[Anastasios Papoulas]], was a liaison officer with little combat experience - clearly the wrong man for the job. His inexperience immediately showed at the [[First Battle of Inonu]] where he ordered his troops to pull back from certain victory, awarding the Turkish bands of Kemal Ataturk a big propaganda victory.		The Popular Party government proceeded to replace Commander-in-chief [[Leonidas Paraskevopoulos]], as well as most senior officers, with men on the basis of their political loyalty to the new regime rather than on merit. The new Commander-in-chief, [[Anastasios Papoulas]], was a liaison officer with little combat experience - clearly the wrong man for the job. His inexperience immediately showed at the [[First Battle of Inonu]] where he ordered his troops to pull back from certain victory, awarding the Turkish bands of Kemal Ataturk a big propaganda victory.

−	Nevertheless, the Greek army ~~continued~~ to advance.	+	The Greeks initiated another attack on [[March 27]] ([[Second Battle of Inonu]]), which ended in their first major defeat by the Kemalist troops on [[March 30]]. The British had favoured a Greek territorial expansion but refused to offer any military assistance in order to avoid provoking the French. The Turkish forces however received significant assistance from the Soviet Union. Nevertheless, the Greek army managed to scale the Asia Minor plateau and occupy a line running from Eskisehir to Afyon Karahisar.
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		+	In June 1921, a reinforced Greek army advanced afresh to the River Sakarya (Sangarios in Greek), less than 100 km (62 miles) west of Ankara. The advance of the Greek Army faced fierce resistance which culminated in the 21-day [[Battle of the Sakarya]] ([August 23]] – [[September 13]], [[1921]]). The ferocity of the battle, coupled with the inhospitable landscape, exhausted both sides to such an extent that they were both contemplating a withdrawal, but the Greeks were the first to withdraw to their previous lines.
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		+	That was the furthest in Anatolia the Greeks had advanced, and within few weeks they withdrew orderly back to the lines they held in June, intending at least to protect the [[Smyrna] area.
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	The new government immediately conducted a referendum on the return of [[King Constantine I\|Constantine I]] to the throne, despite his deep unpopularity with the country's Entente allies. After his approval by the Greek electorate, France and, to a lesser extent Britain, became cold towards the occupation of Asia Minor by troops ruled by their former enemy.		The new government immediately conducted a referendum on the return of [[King Constantine I\|Constantine I]] to the throne, despite his deep unpopularity with the country's Entente allies. After his approval by the Greek electorate, France and, to a lesser extent Britain, became cold towards the occupation of Asia Minor by troops ruled by their former enemy.

−	The Popular Party government proceeded to replace Commander-in-chief [[Leonidas Paraskevopoulos]], as well as most senior officers, with men on the basis of their political loyalty to the new regime rather than on merit. The new Commander-in-chief, [[Anastasios Papoulas]], was a liaison officer with little combat experience - clearly the wrong man for the job.	+	The Popular Party government proceeded to replace Commander-in-chief [[Leonidas Paraskevopoulos]], as well as most senior officers, with men on the basis of their political loyalty to the new regime rather than on merit. The new Commander-in-chief, [[Anastasios Papoulas]], was a liaison officer with little combat experience - clearly the wrong man for the job. His inexperience immediately showed at the [[First Battle of Inonu]] where he ordered his troops to pull back from certain victory, awarding the Turkish bands of Kemal Ataturk a big propaganda victory.
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		+	Nevertheless, the Greek army continued to advance.

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	The new government immediately conducted a referendum on the return of [[King Constantine I\|Constantine I]] to the throne, despite his deep unpopularity with the country's Entente allies. After his approval by the Greek electorate, France and, to a lesser extent Britain, became cold towards the occupation of Asia Minor by troops ruled by their former enemy.		The new government immediately conducted a referendum on the return of [[King Constantine I\|Constantine I]] to the throne, despite his deep unpopularity with the country's Entente allies. After his approval by the Greek electorate, France and, to a lesser extent Britain, became cold towards the occupation of Asia Minor by troops ruled by their former enemy.
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		+	The Popular Party government proceeded to replace Commander-in-chief [[Leonidas Paraskevopoulos]], as well as most senior officers, with men on the basis of their political loyalty to the new regime rather than on merit. The new Commander-in-chief, [[Anastasios Papoulas]], was a liaison officer with little combat experience - clearly the wrong man for the job.

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 After the [[Battle of Manzikert]], Asia Minor came gradually under Turkish rule. Many Christians converted to Islam and accepted Turkish customs, however, those who lived mostly on the coast and, to a lesser extent others, preferred to keep their Christian faith and Greek character despite the taxation and other disadvantages they were subjected to.
-By 1900, it is estimated that Asia Minor had a population of 2,500,000 Greeks. This number decreased to around 2,000,000 by the end of [[World War I]] as many were forced to leave or chose to immigrate to avoid service in the work brigades and other hardships imposed by the Young Turk leadership of that era.
+By [[1900]], it is estimated that Asia Minor had a population of 2,500,000 Greeks. This number decreased to around 2,000,000 by the end of [[World War I]] as many were forced to leave or chose to immigrate to avoid service in the [[Amele Taburu|work brigades]] and other hardships imposed by the Young Turk leadership of that era.
 The area around [[Smyrna]] retained an ethnic Greek majority and was offered by the Allies as an incentive for Greece to enter [[World War I]] on their side.

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 ===Greek Presence in Asia Minor===
 By [[1922]], Greeks had had a 3000-year uninterrupted presence in [[Asia Minor]].
-They first settled in the southwest part of Anatolia around the time of the Doric invasion of mainland [[Greece]] (1100 BC). They were followed, from the 9th until the 6th Century BC, by waves of Ionians, Aeolians and Dorians who colonised the western coast building important cities and establishing a civilisation equal, if not better than, that of mainland Greece.
+They first settled in the southwest part of Anatolia around the time of the Doric invasion of mainland [[Greece]] (1100 BC). They were followed, from the 9th until the 6th Century BC, by waves of [[Ionians]], [[Aeolians]] and [[Dorians]] who colonised the western coast building important cities and establishing a civilisation equal, if not better than, that of mainland Greece.
 Throughout antiquity, though conquered and ruled by Persia, western Asia Minor retained its Greek character which, after [[Alexander the Great]]'s conquests, spread to central regions as well, throughout the Hellenistic age.