Difference between revisions of "1920"

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June 22: Beginning of the Greek offensive in Anatolia.
June 24: The Greeks defeat Turkish forces at Alasehir during the first Greek offensive of the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922)

July 9: The Greeks take Bursa during the first Greek offensive of the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922)
July 25: The Greeks take Edirne during the first Greek offensive of the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922)
July 30: Two former officers - Tserepis and Kyriakis - fire ten shots at Eleftherios Venizelos at the train station of Lyon, France. The Greek PM escapes death.
July 31: Ion Dragoumis is shot dead by policemen in Athens. The nationalist politician was believed to have been involved in the Venizelos murder attempt.

September 30: King Alexander of Greece is bitten in the left leg by a monkey in the royal gardens. The bite will prove fatal.

December 5: A referendum is held for the return of King Constantine I to Greece as a monarch.
December 15: Britain and France announce that, after the return of King Constantine I, they are no longer responsible for the presence of the Greek army in Asia Minor.

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 ===June===
 *[[June 22]]:  Beginning of the [[Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922)|Greek offensive in Anatolia]].
-*[[June 24]]:  The Greeks defeated Turkish forces at Alashehir during the first Greek offensive of the [[Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922)]]
+*[[June 24]]:  The Greeks defeat Turkish forces at [[Alasehir]] during the first Greek offensive of the [[Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922)]]
 ===July===