Occupation of Constantinople
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| Part of World War I and the Turkish War of Independence | |||||||||
 Louis Franchet d'Espèrey marching in Beyoğlu, February 8, 1919 |
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Italy Greece
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 Ottoman Empire Turkish Revolutionaries
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
 Somerset Arthur Gough-Calthorpe George Milne Louis Franchet d'Esperey Carlo Sforza |
Selâhattin Âdil Pasha² |
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Land forces on 13 November 1918: |
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| 1: Commander of the XXV Corp and the Istanbul Guard (October 6, 1919–March 16, 1920) 2: Commander of the Istanbul Command (December 10, 1922–September 29, 1923) |
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Ali Sait Pasha¹
Land forces on 13 November 1918:
2,616 British, 540 French, 470 Italian (Total: 3,626 soldiers)
Land forces by 5 November 1919:: 27,419 soldiers (27 artillery batteries, 160 machine guns): 19,069 soldiers (30 cannons, 91 machine guns): 3,992 soldiers.svg){kind=small}
: 795 soldiers (160 machine guns)
Total: ~51,300 soldiers (411 machine guns, 57 artillery pieces)
Naval forces:
13 November 1918: 50-61warships
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