Turkish war of independence
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 Clockwise from top left: Delegation gathered in Sivas Congress to determine the objectives of the National Struggle; Turkish people carrying ammunition to the front; Kuva-yi Milliye infantry; Turkish horse cavalry in chase; The Turkish army entering Izmir; last troops gathered in Ankara Ulus Square leaving for the front. |
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Ottoman Empire United Kingdom(after 1920) France(after 1920) Italy
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United Kingdom (until 1920) Italy (1919-1921)
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Mustafa Kemal Pasha Fevzi Pasha İsmet Pasha Kâzım Pasha Ali Fuat Pasha
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 Anastasios Papoulas Georgios Hatzianestis Leonidas Paraskevopoulos Drastamat Kanayan Movses Silikyan Henri Gouraud
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| Strength | |||||||
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May 1919: 35,000 Nov. 1920: 86,000 (creation of regular army) Aug. 1922: 271,000 |
80,000 (Dec. 1919) 1922: 200,000-250,000 20,000 60,000 |
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| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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13,000 killed 22,690 died of disease 5,362 died of wounds or other non-combat causes 35,000 wounded 7,000 prisoners |
24,240 killed 18,095 missing 48,880 wounded 4,878 died outside of combat 13,740 prisoners 1,100+ killed3,000+ prisoners ~7,000 |
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| 264,000 Greek civilians killed 60,000-250,000 Armenian civilians killed 15,000+ Turkish civilians killed in the western front |
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Notes
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DecisiveTurkish victory
Bengali volunteers
Afghan volunteers
Supported by:
Russian SFSR
Greece Armenia France (until 1920)
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