King Constantine assumes personal command of the …
Years: 1921 - 1921
January
King Constantine assumes personal command of the Greek army at Smyrna, where Dmitrios Gounaris, Venizelos’s replacement, has appointed inexperienced officers to senior commands.
The advancing Greeks meet little resistance, as the Turkish army manages an orderly retreat and avoids encirclement, but after the Turks halt the Greek advance for the first time at the Battle of Inönü on January 11, 1921, ...
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