Greco-Turkish War
1919 CE – 1922 CE · 3 years
Greece invaded Anatolia after World War I but was defeated by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk's nationalist forces. The resulting Treaty of Lausanne led to a massive population exchange of 1.5 million Greeks and 500,000 Turks.
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Belligerents
The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.
- Turkey (Kemalist forces)
- Greece
Key moments
Defining events in the Greco-Turkish War.
- 1921 Battle of Sakarya
- 1922 Great Offensive / Battle of Dumlupınar
- 1922 Burning of Smyrna
Elsewhere in Europe at the time
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Plitvice Lakes
3000 BCE – still standing.svg/500px-Flag_of_Syria_(2025-).svg.png)
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Syria
Founded 1920 CE · attested to 2026 CE
Conflict · Europe
Ukrainian War of Independence
1917 CE – 1921 CE
Landmark · Europe
Giant's Causeway
3000 BCE – still standing
Polity · Europe
Ukraine
Founded 1920 CE · attested to 2026 CE
Conflict · Europe
Estonian War of Independence
1918 CE – 1920 CE
Landmark · Europe
Danube Delta
3000 BCE – still standingPolity · Europe
South Russia
Attested 1920 CEDated moments inside this span
Events the timeline places between 1919 CE and 1922 CE.
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Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.
Image credits8 pictures from Wikimedia Commons
- Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922)Crasyy · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Plitvice Lakes National ParkZysko serhii · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Flag of Syria (2025-)Modification by AnonMoos of PD image File:Flag of Syria (1930–1958, 1961–1963).svg (previ… · Public domain
- Ukrainian War of IndependenceГайдук В.А., Ляшенко В.Г., Мозговой В.И., Навка И.П. Пер. англ. текстов И.Н. Яндолы; подб… · Public domain
- Giant's Causewaycode poet on flickr. · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Flag of UkraineGovernment of Ukraine · Public domain
- Estonian War of IndependenceVabadussõda.jpg : Mmh ( talk ) derivative work: Reimgild ( talk ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Danube DeltaEuropean Space Agency · Attribution
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