Burning of Smyrna
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The burning of Smyrna destroyed much of the port city of Smyrna in September 1922. Eyewitness reports state that the fire started on 13 September 1922 and was largely extinguished on 22 September. It
Plumes of smoke rising from Smyrna on 14 September 1922
Chief Artillery Inspector "Sarı" Emin Bey, 5th Cavalry Corps Commander Major General Fahrettin (Altay), 1st Army Corps Commander Brigadier General İzzettin (Çalışlar), 8th Infantry Division Commander Brigadier General Kâzım (Sevüktekin), 1st Army Chief of Staff Brigadier General Mehmet Emin (Koral) Pashas in the balcony of the Konak building before the Battle of Paradise (Kızılçullu)- 10th of September 1922
Buildings on fire and people trying to escape
The start of the fire, seen from Bella Vista. 13 September 1922
Aristotle Onassis
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Aristotle Socrates Onassis was a Greek and Argentine business magnate and shipping tycoon. He amassed the world's largest privately-owned shipping fleet and was one of the world's richest and most fam
Burning of Smyrna
…labour battalions at 10,000. David Abulafia states that at least 100,000 Greeks were forcibly sent to the interior of Anatolia, where most of them died. Aristotle Onassis, who was born in Smyrna and who later became one of the richest men in the world, was one of the Greek survivors. The various biographies of his life…
Onassis in 1967
Onassis, 1932
Olympic Airways Boeing 707, 1973
Onassis financed the construction of the Olympic Tower in New York City.