Greco-Turkish War 1919-1922

Greco-Turkish War 1919-1922, Greek Landing at Smyrna, Greek Summer Offensive of 1920, 1st and 2nd battles of Inonu, battle of Kutahya-Eskisehir, Battle of the Sakarya, Great Turkish Offensive, Armistice of Mudanya
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[@CostasMelas]

0:05 Landing at Smyrna 1:22 Greek Summer Offensive 2:02 1st Battle of Inonu 2:18 2nd Battle of Inonu 2:39 Battle of Kutahya-Eskisehir 2:48 Battle of the Sakarya 4:01 Great Turkish Offensive

[@tanhukim9963]

Central Asia-mongolia and Sibirya language please.

[@EkinYalvac]

A minor correction. Kuşadası was initially occupied by the Italians. Greeks occupied it after the withdrawal of Italians.

[@CostasMelas]

Thank you. You're right it was initially in the Italian zone

[@aresipermeneta]

There's a minsconception that the Greek objective was to conquer all this territory. The main objective IIRC was to break down Kemal's forces and make him accept the terms of the treaty of Serves.

[@WalterWhiteFootballSharing]

I'm Greek and you're out of your mind if you don't think Venizelos was trying to annex it. He even wanted Constantinople. Greek hyper nationalists f__ around and found out. No Greeks are even taught about this invasion history begins at Smyrna massacre after the war criming greek army was chased out.

[@ninds437]

I think if the Greeks were on the defensive it would be much better, the Hellenic army was in a great position in 1920

[@aresipermeneta]

@@ninds437 In the short term yes, they would be better.. But I doubt they could hold on Smyrna/Izmir for long.

[@00fgytduydrtu]

Plus, they were Massacres of Greeks happening everywhere in Anatolia.@@aresipermeneta

[@sarubet8725]

Sugar coating the landgrab eh? Treaty of sevres gave the entente freedom to occupy how much and whenever they want.

[@V-man117]

I remember it was difficult when I was making my version of it, since I showed the whole Turkish war of independence not just the Greco turkish front. Regardless great job Κώστα, I love your Vids.

[@CostasMelas]

Thank you very much

[@djaziz1953]

Harika video ama Kuvayimilliye (yani yerel direnişçileri) gösterse idiniz daha detaylı olurdu.

[@oyungogdfrust4136]

adam yunan

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

fort comme un turc [adj] très fort ; vigoureux ; robuste ; costaud Origin and definition Today, a Turk is just another human being. And even if there are Turks who hold world records in weightlifting, nothing seems to justify calling a Turk more strong than a Greek, a Monegasque or a Chinese. But we must not forget the history of Turkey. Before this country became what it is today, there was the Ottoman Empire built by a people of warriors through conquests in Europe, Africa and Asia. These Turkish or Ottoman fighters impressed by their strength, their courage and also their brutality, their cruelty. Thus in the 17th and 18th centuries, the Turk symbolized the unbeliever, the brutal enemy. It was also said of someone who was rude and ruthless that he was "a real Turk" and to treat someone "Turkish" was to treat him unceremoniously. The expression originated in the mid-15th century, shortly after the capture of Constantinople (ancient Byzantium and present-day Istanbul) by the troops of Sultan Mehmet II in 1453. Examples “I have two, sir, who, without vanity, could be presented to the pope, especially my eldest, who is a pretty bit of a girl. I am raising her to be a countess, although her mother does not want it. How old is she, sir, this future countess? But she is approaching fifteen years old: already that is a fathom taller for you, nice, fresh as an April morning, agile, uncoupled, sprightly, and above all strong as a Turk. Devil ! these are good dispositions for being a countess. Oh ! her mother may say so, she will be. » Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra - Don Quixote of La Mancha

[@barsukascool]

so you are happy for your brutality? the killings of innocent civilians - babies and whoever else got in your way? women? genocides of milions of people just for the simple fact of their existence? shame on you.

[@dadoulegrand5808]

Qu'est ce que tu racontes

[@gerbrandt7213]

Here before the turks spamming flags

[@riko_sandokan]

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[@thracianguy7166]

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[@gerbrandt7213]

@@thracianguy7166 *sent from Berlin

[@adnan_honest_jihadist5775]

same as greeks nationalists

[@Erenyeager-h2l]

​@@adnan_honest_jihadist5775 Go and worship the Arabs

[@marinsrr4]

Can people just relax,it’s history and yes it’s tragic,but how about we learn to live peacefully instead of bringing up the past and keep fighting forever

[@iroquoianmapper]

Great work!

[@CostasMelas]

Thank you

[@Anwwoo]

Hello, Iroquois

[@ldelgg]

Could you please try to post HD videos? I can barely read the cities on some of your videos. Otherwise, very good video 👍

[@CostasMelas]

Thank you

[@pnarkkat6302]

As a Turkish i appreciate this video. Thank you, it is very helpful to see the history. 🙏🤩 And great thanks to Mustafa Kemal, we miss him nowadays we need him. ❤😞

[@CostasMelas]

Thank you

[@sinanroyal5359]

No we dont need him. We are free and we will stay free.

[@thehurricanegod]

@@sinanroyal5359 If you feel free, then thanks to him.

[@00fgytduydrtu]

Ataturk was a Genocider.

[@parm2900]

Thank you for what? For occupying non-Turkish lands?

[@hoangkimviet8545]

I like the way you put Constantinople instead of Istanbul.

[@tjn7608]

It’s historically accurate, as it wasn’t officially istanbul until 1930

[@hamzehshashaa2659]

U must have realised its not just Constantinople but all other cities too ancyra smyrna prousa… etc

[@shane1948]

WHEN YOU CATCH 2 RABBITS YOU LOSE BOTH

[@Brian-----]

Your videos are consistently awesome. Thank you for this video of an exceptionally tragic war. In my view, after the Treaty of Sèvres Greece should have stayed within its limits, withdrawn from any Turkish land the treaty denied Greece (obviously with Greece occupying the defined Smyrna area pending treaty terms), left Turkey alone, strictly adhered to the treaty's terms, and asked for support from the Entente and League if needed. Had Greece done this, the simplest and low-risk path, the outcome likely would have been more positive and less tragic. At 1:32, Greece has an opportunity to withdraw to the treaty area, does the exact opposite, and the rest is history.

[@CostasMelas]

Thank you

[@davidlegrice4207]

They'd need to do allot more than that! The kemalists were hell bent on retaking as much as they could. They even invaded Armenia (and committed a new genocide) when it hadn't even tried to annex the territory it had been granted. Greece tried to launch a preemptive strike but overstretched itself. The only alternative would be to throw allot of resources into fortifying and garrisoning the territories they had been offered. Even then Turkey still had a bigger population and would have only grown in strength. Their best bet would be if they could hold out till the league of nations got up and running and hope they would intervene.

[@StANDby007]

@@davidlegrice4207 There was no genocide. Because if there were, there would be no Armenian community voicing these claims. Armenians were deported because they massacred Muslims behind the front. Because, just as the Russians promised independence to other nations in the Balkans, they also made the same promises to the Armenians. But the plans backfired because Anatolia could not be Balkanized. That is all. They are alive because they were exiled. They think they can take their so-called revenge by constantly making up genocide tales. No political decision taken by the hypocritical governments of the world can make the Turks a genocidal nation or state.

[@StANDby007]

The so-called Armenian genocide is the black propaganda of the British Toynbee's Blue Book. The part where Toynbee described the genocide committed by the Germans in Belgium was accepted by everyone as a lie. The part of the Armenian allegations continues to be used stubbornly as true. This is the product of the endless smear propaganda of the two-faced West.@@davidlegrice4207

[@kenanhasan9784]

Thanks

[@micahistory]

great video man

[@CostasMelas]

Thank you

[@micahistory]

@@CostasMelas you're welcome

[@bbenjoe]

The great powers were weary of the world war, and they also didn't want to see a resurrected Byzantine Empire. Britain simply wanted to control all three straits of the Mediettranian sea (Gibraltar, Suez and this, the Bosporus) also Greece and Italy were outright rivals, and Turkey wasn't entirely alone. On the east Turkey and the Soviets defeated and devided the nascent Armenia, after which Lenin and his comrades sent massive weapon shipments to Anakara - on "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" basis. Afterall, there was an ongoing allied invasion in Russsia, amids the civil war. So a successful Turkey was in their interest.

[@adnan_honest_jihadist5775]

the didnt help a lot keep delusining youreself with it

[@bbenjoe]

@@adnan_honest_jihadist5775 "39,000 rifles, 327 machine guns, 54 cannons, 63 million rifle bullets, 147,000 shells, 2 patrol boats, 200.6 kg of gold ingots and 10.7 million Turkish lira" This sounds much to me.

[@adnan_honest_jihadist5775]

@@bbenjoe source: trust me bro

[@bbenjoe]

@@adnan_honest_jihadist5775 Haydar Çakmak: Türk dış politikası, 1919-2008, Platin, 2008, page 126.

[@ZachRULES96]

Why didn’t they want Justice. The ottomans should have given land to Greece

[@mastergamermapping494]

Polatlidan selamlar

[@mertt_6]

Sincan'da polatliya selamlar

[@TempusEst]

Greece: Give me some uhh... Turkey: It's yours. Turkey 4:00: I was joking Greece: NANI

[@AD-yq8rl]

Turkish people surely deserved the victory. May it be blessed!

[@lollylefty4415]

Can you do the history of lenguages in Istria?

[@andrefarfan4372]

Nice

[@CostasMelas]

Thank you

[@dionysise5008]

Greek leaders warned the West "you give Constantinople to Islamists, you'll see them in Paris long term"

[@xnjbthqgpzn4oc.xnp1aojspwb53]

so true

[@Giloup92]

Hard to distinguish the French from the Greek.

[@Darwidx]

You mean by the colour or by how gay both off them are ? 🤔/j

[@מ.מ-ה9ד]

​@@Darwidx Homophobe

[@CostasMelas]

French/cyan, Greek/blue

[@Banana_Split_Cream_Buns]

The French were in the Northwest corner only.

[@מ.מ-ה9ד]

@@Banana_Split_Cream_Buns And North-East

[@MausOfTheHouse]

I'm sure the Turks of the audience will be civil in the comments.

[@istanbuloite]

Why we wouldn’t? Check the comments. Your fella hellas are calling us barbarians and dogs. Maybe you may have a word for them, because I don’t bother.

[@GR-vm9qb]

And also check history. What did Turks offer to the humanity...

[@istanbuloite]

@@GR-vm9qb no worries. Turks have an above-average history knowledge. We just skip some parts tbh. Look at the bright side; you still can speak your language, can be proud of your ancestors and show off their achievements to our faces! A morrocan is talking French and still going French schools. And also; despite being inhuman like many things happened during that era in the world, devşirme system wasn’t that bad and after a while, families gave their children willingly for them to have a better life. If you were clever, you could hold the grand vizier position (second to sultan) and could marry a woman from the sultan’s family. That’s the old American dream. Cheer up

[@ItsCatOMG]

Totally yes

[@christiancaspillo8584]

A German talking about "civil" is like saying the Greeks didn't commit any war crimes in this war.

[@Lingua-qv6ym]

no man , I want you back to the historical linguistics channel

[@KamilJanczewski]

GRECCE ✌💙🤍🧞‍♂😍

[@mattiasuardi4300]

Very interesting, indeed. I am wondering how modern Turkish populations in those areas look at the Hellenistic and Byzantine heritage of those lands. Does anyone know about some research about it?

[@k1r4z.]

The same way we look at the native Anatolian heritage of those lands

[@ignotumperignotius630]

a la the celts of galatia

[@luxeffere]

We embrace them because he made them real Greeks, not modern day Greeks.

[@ruzgarsuman]

Can you elaborate on the question? İ’m Turkish so maybe i can help answer.

[@SegnosisOG]

God bless the Orthodox Church and Constantinople

[@MickeyMouseTHEONE]

bro said "lock in"

[@MD-qd2ki]

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[@nicks6096]

To the Greeks the war was to take back their ancestral land. To the Turks it was to defend their homeland. If both countries worked together in peace they would be a global power.

[@max__pain]

The Turks' homeland is in Central Asia. Anatolia is European soil

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

@@max__painGreeks were invaders of Anatolia.

[@ImperialDiecast]

@@papazataklaattiranimam who did the ancient greeks invade? the hittites were long gone.

[@TheBobVova]

@@ImperialDiecast Alexander the Great, huh?

[@ImperialDiecast]

@@TheBobVova the persians had invaded anatolia, he drove them out.

[@จรรยพัฒน์-ค3ท]

The Sasanian Empire

[@masu8711]

What

[@hzhuni8525]

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[@ZachRULES96]

The most tragic day in Greek history. Turkey was never punished

[@istanbuloite]

For what? Defending their own territory? You will speak about the setting on fire thing in Izmir, right? I would like you to learn more about how megali idea affected rums in Anatolia and the crimes they did against not only Turks but also jewish people.

[@GR-vm9qb]

Defending what???

[@GR-vm9qb]

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_genocide

[@Bracus.Reghusk]

@@istanbuloite Its a war Greek and Turkey commit war crime, Turkey more during ww1.

[@TheBobVova]

Jesus, dude, Turkey had lost most of their empire. I think they suffered enough.

[@blueshirt26]

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[@CostasMelas]

See also: twitter.com/Costas_Melas facebook.com/people/Costas-Melas-Page/100090025323926/

[@stephmod7434]

As a Greek a give a GG to Kemal Ataturk. Even though his generals set Smyrna on fire I respect how much of a patriot he was. I wish we had Kemal instead of Mitsotakis nowadays.

[@adnan_honest_jihadist5775]

i agree its wrong but why didnt you mention the massacres the greeks did during this war? i smell nationalism in you

[@stephmod7434]

@@adnan_honest_jihadist5775 ehm reasons. Yes I am a nationalist I am proud of the m@ss@cr3s we did! 💪💪💪

[@alangervasis]

@@adnan_honest_jihadist5775 They eliminated only the War mongering Turkish colonisers while your "Jihadist" Ottoman Caliphate genocided 2 million innocent Armenian, Greek and Assyrian civilians purely based on religion.

[@arminiuscherusci4410]

@@adnan_honest_jihadist5775imagine calling yourself jihadist. You are definitely being watched pal

[@adnan_honest_jihadist5775]

@@stephmod7434 then im glad you will be in hell unless you revert back to islam

[@Go-hard-or-go-home]

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[@tavishnundoo6002]

Hallo

[@MrNTF-vi2qc]

What happened to the Greek speaking populations in Anatolia and Constantinople? Were they all deported?

[@Ntopios]

Many of them deported, many of them gutted (Pontian genocide).

[@sean668]

The same thing that happened to all the Turkish-speakers in Greece

[@xnjbthqgpzn4oc.xnp1aojspwb53]

They were deported straight to Jesus Christ

[@MrNTF-vi2qc]

@@sean668 Which is what? I actually don't know

[@sean668]

@@MrNTF-vi2qc Look up population exchange between Turkey and Greece

[@dionysise5008]

1922. The year when European spirit gave space to Mongols and granted the homeland of philosophy to Barbarian Turks. Literally a suicide for civilization

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

Btw vast majority of Mongol army war also Turkic and Mongolia had a predominant Turkic population before Genghis Khan.

[@ucankartal4819]

Which European spirit? Is it Europe that murdered millions of people in two world wars? Is it Europe that goes to other continents and destroys the indigenous people there?

[@ucankartal4819]

While the Europeans destroyed the natives wherever they went, the Ottomans did not destroy you Greeks, you preserved your religion and language, but you are ungrateful.

[@VolkanTopcu-nf7cv]

Stop cry

[@oyungogdfrust4136]

i love me some classical turkophobia. whats next from you in the line of bigotries, arguing that judaists are sucking the civilized world dry?

[@Banana_Split_Cream_Buns]

Just remember that the main reason that Churchill didn't give the Ottomans their battleships in 1914 was because he wanted for Britain to take the Turkish Straits, like they had with Suez and Gibraltar. As a result, the Ottomans sided with the Germans, meaning supplies couldn't get through to Russia via the Black Sea, which eventually led to the overthrow of the Tsar and Bolshevism, and hence Stalinism, Maoism and the rise of the reactionary forces such as the National Socialists in Germany (i.e. the guy with the funny moustache). And for that, the Turks kept control of the Turkish Straits. Way to go, Winston! (Lesson: never try to take the Dardanelles, the Bosphorus and -Constantinople- Istanbul off Türkiye again!)

[@ignotumperignotius630]

Every dog has his day as they say.

[@user-uf2df6zf5w]

Really sad that the turks won... Large parts of Greece are occupied to this day. Recovering them will be the mission of those to come!

[@mrhaci7747]

Those lands will forever stay under the Turkish banner. May those lands never see Orthodox boot stepping on them ever again.

[@GR-vm9qb]

I wish health for you and leave to long...

[@TheBobVova]

@@mrhaci7747 doubt

[@mrhaci7747]

@@TheBobVova come and get them.

[@TheBobVova]

@@mrhaci7747 After NATO's breakup

[@bubirarda]

Here before the greeks spamming flags

[@riko_sandokan]

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[@adnan_honest_jihadist5775]

@@riko_sandokan nationalist

[@adnan_honest_jihadist5775]

those who spam flags are nationalists

[@dkgamers1385]

Why would we?

[@Ntopios]

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[@Brslld]

Turkiye no.1 💯💯💯🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷💪💪💪💪💪

[@ItsCatOMG]

💀💀💀

[@barsukascool]

Imagine being proud of a genocide💀💀💀💀💀

[@DrDioNYsos]

The war of BeniZelovski cifutogamioski megalopatrioski...