Büyük Taarruz

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Büyük Taarruz was the decisive 1922 Turkish military offensive against Greek forces in the Greco-Turkish War, leading to the end of the Turkish War of Independence.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle
event in the Turkish War of Independence
military offensive
alsoKnownAs Başkomutanlık Meydan Muharebesi (as main battle)
Great Offensive
belligerent Grand National Assembly of Turkey
Hellenic Kingdom
linked to: Kingdom of Greece
category 1922 in Turkey
Battles involving Greece
Battles involving Turkey
Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922)
Military history of Turkey
commander Fevzi Çakmak
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
İsmet İnönü
commemoratedOn Victory Day (Zafer Bayramı) in Turkey
commemorationDate August 30
conflictBetween Greece
Turkey
country Turkey
dateOfMainBattle 1922-08-30
endDate 1922-08-30
followedBy recapture of İzmir by Turkish forces
front Western Front of the Turkish War of Independence
historicalEra interwar period
involves Greek Army
Turkish Army
linked to: Turkish Land Forces
languageOfName Turkish
location Afyonkarahisar region
Dumlupınar
western Anatolia
linked to: Western Anatolia
mainBattle Battle of Dumlupınar
meaningOfName Great Attack
opposingCommander Georgios Hatzianestis
partOf Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922)
Turkish War of Independence
planningLedBy Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Turkish General Staff
precededBy Sakarya Meydan Muharebesi
linked to: Battle of Sakarya
result Greek retreat towards the Aegean coast
collapse of Greek front in Anatolia
decisive Turkish victory
end of large-scale fighting in the Turkish War of Independence
opening of path to recapture İzmir
significance consolidated the military success of the Turkish National Movement
decisive turning point in the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922)
paved the way for the Treaty of Lausanne
startDate 1922-08-26
strategicObjective to break the Greek defensive lines in western Anatolia
to encircle and destroy main Greek forces in Anatolia
typeOfWarfare conventional land offensive
year 1922

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Great Offensive alsoKnownAs Büyük Taarruz