Heinz A. Richter THE GREEK-TURKISH WAR 1919-1922 PELEUS STUDIEN ZUR ARCHÄOLOGIE UND GESCHICHTE GRIECHENLANDS UND ZYPERNS BAND 73
IN KOMMISSION BEI HARRASSOWITZVERLAG WIESBADEN Heinz A. Richter
THE GREEK-TURKISH WAR 1919- 1922 PELEUS Studien zur Archäologie und Geschichte Griechenlandsund Zyperns Herausgegeben vonReinhardStupperich und HeinzA.Richter Band 73
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INTRODUCTION 9
TERRITORIAL BACKGROUND 1900-1918: Facts, Plans and Dreams Ottomanterritorial losses 1900-1914 11 Entente’s plans forpartition 14 TheMegali Idea of the Greeks18
POLITICAL BACKGROUND 1914-1918 The Ottoman Empire 1914-1918 22 Greece 1914-1918 24
ON THE EVEOFTHE PEACE CONFERENCE October 1918 -January 1919 Venizelos’journeytoParis andLondon October-November 1918 29 The situation of the Greeks in theOttoman Empire 31 Thesituation of the GreeksinAsiaMinor after the Armistice 33 Venizelos’ journeytoParis to the Peace Conference 35 The preparations of the conference January 1919 37
GREECE AT THE PEACE CONFERENCE February-May 1919 Venizelos and the negotiations 1919 40 Fiumeand Smyrna 42
DEVELOPMENTS MAY -DECEMBER 1919 The Greeklanding in Smyrna 52 The internalTurkish developments57 The expansion of the Greek landingzone 59 Theinter-allied commission of investigation 63 The Tittoni-Venizelos-Agreement 68 Mustafa Kemal’sascension 69 The old boy is done 72 The Peace Treaty of Neuilly 74 Churchilland Smyrna 74
DEVELOPMENTS IN 1920 The Conference of London 12 -14February 1920 76 Turkish internal developments 76 TheSan Remo Conference 78 Operations againstFiladelfia (Alaşehir), Uşak und Bursa 82 The PeaceTreaty of Sèvres85 Political oscillations 89 Theelections of 14 November1920 90 Change of the regimeinGreece 94 Developments on the Turkish sideinautumn1920 98 1921: ON THE WAYINTO AHISTORICAL CUL-DE-SAC Thenew GreekGovernment101 The armed reconnaissance towardsEskişehirinJanuary 1921 102 Theconference in London February 1921105 The SpringOffensive1921 109 Developments on the Turkish side116 The summeroffensive June -July 1921 118 The battleonthe Sakarya River 121 Reactions to the victory at the Sakarya River 125 Developments in Autumnand Winter 1921/22127 Movements of the Amyna of Asia Minor 129
1922:THE YEAR OF CATASTROPHES Seeking adiplomaticsolution131 NewactivitiesofAmyna of Asia Minor134 Greek entanglement 135 On the wayinto thecatastrophe 138 Developments on the Turkish side140 The Catastrophe 141 The evacuationofSmyrna by the Greek mainlanders 152 Reasons for the defeat 155
SMYRNA 1922 Occupation of Smyrna by the Turks 156 Thegreat fireofSmyrna 163 The Evacuation 168 Reactions of the American Press 173
THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE DISASTER TheRevolution of 1922 175 The armisticeofMudanya 177 The second waveofrefugees 180 The trial of thesix 182 The fate of the PontianGreeks 186
THEPEACE OF LAUSANNE 1924 The peace of Lausanne 188
CONCLUSION194
APPENDIX 197
BIBLIOGRAPHY 202 INDEX OF NAMES 208