Greek Offensive (Greco-Turkish War)

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Chronology

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• July 1921: Battle of Kütahya-Eskişehir.
• August 1920: İznik  was captured by a joint British and Greek offensive.
• March 1921: Greek I Army Corps took Kara Hisâr-ı Sâhib (present-day Afyonkarahisar).
• September 1920: Gains from Greek Offensive by August 1920.
• July 1920: Alaşehir  was captured by a joint British and Greek offensive.
• January 1921: The Greek advance in Turkey was halted for the first time at the First Battle of İnönü.
• September 1920: Gains from Greek Offensive by August 1920.
• August 1920: Gediz and Ulubey  were captured by a joint British and Greek offensive.
• March 1921: Greek I Army Corps took Kara Hisâr-ı Sâhib (present-day Afyonkarahisar).
• September 1921: Following the retreat of the Turkish troops under Ismet Inönü in the battle of Kütahya-Eskişehir the Greek Army advanced afresh to the Sakarya River (Sangarios in Greek), less than 100 kilometres west of Ankara.
• July 1920: Kula  was captured by a joint British and Greek offensive.
• July 1920: Balıkesir  was captured by a joint British and Greek offensive.
• August 1920: Nazilli  was captured by a joint British and Greek offensive.
• August 1920: Karamürsel  was captured by a joint British and Greek offensive.
• August 1920: Gemlik and Mudanya  were captured by a joint British and Greek offensive.
• August 1920: Bursa  was captured by a joint British and Greek offensive.
• August 1920: Nazilli  was captured by a joint British and Greek offensive.
• July 1920: Balıkesir  was captured by a joint British and Greek offensive.
• August 1920: Gemlik and Mudanya  were captured by a joint British and Greek offensive.
• August 1920: Karamürsel  was captured by a joint British and Greek offensive.
• August 1920: Karamürsel  was captured by a joint British and Greek offensive.
• August 1920: Bandırma, Kirmasti and Karacabey  were captured by a joint British and Greek offensive.
• August 1921: Gains from Greek Offensive by July 1921.
• August 1920: Uşak  was captured by a joint British and Greek offensive.
• August 1920: Bandırma, Kirmasti and Karacabey  were captured by a joint British and Greek offensive.
• March 1921: Greek I Army Corps took Kara Hisâr-ı Sâhib (present-day Afyonkarahisar).
• July 1920: Kırkağaç, Soma and Salihli  were captured by a joint British and Greek offensive.
• August 1920: Gemlik and Mudanya  were captured by a joint British and Greek offensive.
• July 1920: Kula  was captured by a joint British and Greek offensive.
• January 1921: The Greek advance in Turkey was halted for the first time at the First Battle of İnönü.
• August 1920: İznik  was captured by a joint British and Greek offensive.
• August 1920: Gediz and Ulubey  were captured by a joint British and Greek offensive.
• September 1920: Simav  was captured by a joint British and Greek offensive.
• July 1921: Battle of Kütahya-Eskişehir.
• August 1920: Gemlik and Mudanya  were captured by a joint British and Greek offensive.
• September 1920: Simav  was captured by a joint British and Greek offensive.
• September 1920: Gains from Greek Offensive by August 1920.
• March 1921: Turkish Army Officer İsmet İnönü attacked again after receiving reinforcements, and recaptured Metristepe.
• August 1920: Bursa  was captured by a joint British and Greek offensive.
• August 1920: Karamürsel  was captured by a joint British and Greek offensive.
• August 1920: Gemlik and Mudanya  were captured by a joint British and Greek offensive.

Selected Sources

• Ahmet N.O. (1986): Kula, Katakekaumene (Yanık yöre): 2000 yıl önce Strabon'un adını koyduğu yöre, Öğrenci Basimevi, pp. 137-138.
• Sayhan, M. (2006): Milli Mücadele'de Çivril, (1919-1922), Kitsan, pp. 15-18