Category: War, from Wikidata’s class “battle”
Greek landing at Smyrna
Part of: Greco-Turkish War
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The Greek landing at Smyrna (Greek: Ελληνική απόβαση στη Σμύρνη; Turkish: Yunanların İzmir'e çıkışı) was a military operation by Greek forces starting on May 15, 1919 which involved landing troops in the city of Smyrna and surrounding areas.
The landing was sanctioned by British Prime Minister David Lloyd George, who argued that: "[a] massacre is taking place over there and there is nobody to protect the Greek population". The Allied powers oversaw the planning of the operation and assisted by directing their forces to take over some key locations and moving warships to the Smyrna harbor. During the landing, a shot was fired on the Greek 1/38 Evzone Regiment and significant violence ensued between both communities, however it was unsystematic and the Greek command tried to thwart it. The event became important for creating the three-year-long Greek Occupation of Smyrna and was a major spark for the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922).
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