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
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
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The Greek genocide, which included the Pontic genocide, was the systematic killing of the indigenous Christian Ottoman Greek population of Anatolia because of their religion and ethnicity, which was c
Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922)
…15 May 1919 and 14 October 1922. This conflict was a part of the Turkish War of Independence. The Greek campaign was launched to put an end to the Greek genocide, which had intensified by 1919. In addition, the western Allies, particularly British prime minister David Lloyd George, had promised Greece territorial…
Greek civilians mourn their dead relatives, Great Fire of Smyrna, 1922
Phocaea in flames, during the massacre perpetrated by Turkish irregulars in June 1914
Hellenism in Near East during and after World War I, showing some of the areas (Western Anatolia and Eastern Thrace) where the Greek population was concentrated. The Pontic region is not shown.
"Turks Slaughter Christian Greeks", Lincoln Daily Star, 19 October 1917