Armies of the Greek-Turkish War 1919-22

by Philip Jowett, Stephen Walsh (Illustrator)

Overview

This is a comprehensive guide to the armies that fought a devastating and decisive conflict in the Eastern Mediterranean between the two World Wars of the 20th century. From the initial Greek invasion, designed to "liberate" the 100,000 ethnic Greeks that lived in Western Turkey and had done for centuries, to Mustapha Kemal Ataturk's incredibly efficient formation of a national government and a regular army, this was a war that shaped the geopolitical landscape of the Mediterranean to this day. It gave birth to the modern Turkish state, displacing millions and creating bitter memories of atrocities committed by both sides. Augmented with very rare photographs and beautiful illustrations, this ground-breaking title explores the history, organization, and appearance of the armies, both guerilla and conventional, that fought in this bloody war.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781472806840
Publisher:	Bloomsbury USA
Publication date:	07/21/2015
Series:	Men-at-Arms , #501
Pages:	48
Product dimensions:	7.10(w) x 9.60(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Philip Jowett has been interested in military history for as long as he can remember. His first Osprey book was the ground-breaking Men-at-Arms 306: Chinese Civil War Armies 1911-49; he has since published the three-part sequence The Italian Army 1940-45. The author lives in Lincolnshire, UK.

Table of Contents

Introduction 3

The fall of the Ottoman Empire

Ethnic make-up of the Anatolian population

Chronology 5

The Greek Army in Asia Minor 12

Strength, organization and composition - Greek, Armenian and Circassian irregulars - Democratic Republic of Armenia, 1920

Turkish Forces 15

The Ottoman Army, 919 - Turkish irregulars Kuva-Yi Milliye

The Nationalist Army: strength, organization and composition -cavalry - assault battalions - 1st Mobile Force Kuva-Yi Seyyare

The Caliphate Army Kuva-Yi Inzibatiye, 1920

Weapons 21

Greek small arms and machine guns - Turkish small arms and machine guns - sources of Nationalist weapons

Greek and Turkish artillery - military transport - armoured vehicles - air arms

Uniforms 35

The Greek Army: diverse sources - headgear - summer and winter clothing - branch colours - rank insignia - service insignia -equipment

Turkish uniforms: irregulars, 1919-20 - Nationalist Army uniforms, 1920-22: headgear - foreign-made uniforms - cavalry uniforms - rank insignia - equipment

The Caliphate Army, 1920-22

Plate Commentaries 43

Index 48