Alexandros Othonaios
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Alexandros Othonaios was a distinguished Greek general, who became briefly the acting Prime Minister of Greece, heading an emergency government during an abortive coup d'état in 1933.
Alexandros Othonaios c. early 1920s
Seal of the Greek Macedonian Committee
The Greco-Turkish War of 1919–1922 was fought between Greece and the Turkish National Movement during the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire in the aftermath of World War I, between 15 May 1919 and 14
Alexandros Othonaios
…he was appointed commanding officer of the Kydoniai Division and participated in the occupation of the Smyrna district in the early stages of the Asia Minor Campaign. After the electoral defeat of Venizelos in 1920, he was dismissed from the army and fled to Allied-occupied Constantinople, where he joined several…
Clockwise from top left: Mustafa Kemal at the end of the First Battle of İnönü; Greek soldiers retreat during the last stages; Greek infantry charge in river Gediz; Turkish infantry in trench.
Arrival of Crown Prince George in Smyrna, 1919
Greek soldiers taking their posts in Smyrna (İzmir) amidst the jubilant ethnic Greek population of the city, 15 May 1919
Greek and American troops landing at Bandirma, July 1920