The Battle of Sakarya 1921 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). Events January 2 - The first religious radio broadcast ( KDKA AM in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) January 2 - Spanish liner Santa Isabel sinks off Villa Garcia - 244 dead January 2 - DeYoung Museum in Golden Gate Park San Francisco opens. January 20... 1921 was an important engagement in the The Greco-Turkish War of 1919-1922, also called the War in Asia Minor, and (in Turkey) a part of the Turkish War of Independence, was a war between Greece and Turkey fought in the wake of World War I. The war arose because the western Allies, particularly British Prime... Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922).

The 1920 The Treaty of Sèvres of August 10, 1920, made peace between the Allied and Associated Powers1 and the Ottoman Empire after World War I. The treaty was signed by the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed VI, who was trying to save his throne but was rejected by the independence movement... Treaty of Sèvres, which ended the First World War in Anatolia (Greek: ανατολη anatole, rising of the sun or East; compare Orient and Levant, by popular etymology Turkish Anadolu to ana mother and dolu filled), also called by the Latin name of Asia Minor, is a region of Southwest Asia which corresponds today to... Asia Minor divided the Ottoman Empire, assigned all these territories to Greece, formally called the Hellenic Republic ( Greek: Ελληνική Δημοκρατία), is a country in the southeast of Europe on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula. It has land boundaries with Bulgaria, the Former Yugoslav... Greece. Greek troops had already occupied For other meanings of Smyrna, see Smyrna (disambiguation). Smyrna (now Izmir, Turkey) was settled at the beginning of the 3rd millennium BCE. Throughout Antiquity it was the early leading city-state of Greek Ionia, on the Aegean shores and islands of Asia Minor. Smyrna was among the cities that claimed... Smyrna in May 1919. Meanwhile the former Ottoman general Mustafa Kemal (later Kemal Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Mustafa Kemal Pasha, named Atatürk ( 1881– November 10, 1938), Turkish reformist, soldier, and statesman, was the founder and first President of the Republic of Turkey. Early career Atatürk was born in the Ottoman city of Selânik (Salonika), now... Atatürk) had formed a new Turkish nationalist government at Ankara, which repudiated the Treaty of Sèvres and prepared for war against the Greeks.

In October 1920, with the encouragement of David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor, OM (January 17, 1863–March 26, 1945) was a British statesman and the last Liberal to be Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Upbringing Although born in Manchester in 1863, David Lloyd George was a Welsh-speaking Welshman, the only... Lloyd George, the Greek army advanced into Anatolia with the intention of defeating the Kemalist forces before they were ready to attack the Greek perimeter at Smyrna. This advance was begun under the Liberal government of Eleftherios Venizelos Eleftherios Venizelos (Ελευθέριος Βενιζέλος) (August 23, 1864 - March 18, 1936) was probably the most significant politician of modern Greece. Born in Mournies near Chania, Crete, he studied law at the University... Eleftherios Venizelos, but soon after the offensive began Venizelos fell from power and was replaced by Categories: Historical stubs | 1866 births | 1922 deaths | Prime Ministers of Greece ... Dimitrios Gounaris, who appointed inexperienced monarchist officers to senior commands. King Constantine took personal command of the army at Smyrna.

In June 1921 the Greek army advanced to the River Sakarya, less than 100km west of Ankara from the Atakule Tower, looking N-NE Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the countrys second largest city after Istanbul. It is also the capital of Ankara Province. The city has a population of 3,582,000 (2003), and a mean elevation of 850 m. ( 2800 ft... Ankara. But in August Kemal counter-attacked, routing the Greeks at the Battle of Sakarya (August 23 - September 13, 1921). The Greeks retreated in good order and still hoped to defend their base at Smyrna. They appealed to the Allies for help, but early in 1922 Britain, France and Italy decided that the Treaty of Sèvres could not be enforced and should be revised.

In March 1922 the Allies proposed a ceasefire, but Kemal said there could be no settlement while the Greeks remained in Anatolia. In August the Turks launched a new offensive, defeating the Greeks at the The battle of Dumlupinar was the last battle of the Turkish War of Independence ( 1919— 1922). The battle was fought on the 30 August 1922. The battle took place near Afyon in Turkey. The Turkish army was under the command of Mustafa Kemal Pasha (Ataturk). The Turkish army previously... Battle of Dumlupinar near Afyonkarahisar (Turkish for the black opium castle) is a city in western Turkey, also known simply as Afyon (i.e. opium) or as Karahisar-i Sahip. Older spellings include Afium-Kara-hissar and Afyon Karahisar. It is the capital of Afyon province. It is located 250 km south-west of... Afyon (August 30, 1922). Shortly after (August 30) the Turks captured Smyrna. The Armenian and Greek sections of the city was burned to the ground by Turkish forces and all the Greek and Armenian citizens who could not escape by sea were massacred. This started a general stampede of Greeks from Anatolia.