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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Büyük Taarruz canonical 1

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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 ⓘ