26 to 27 August 1922
Kocatepe and the breakthrough at Afyon
At dawn on 26 August 1922 the artillery opens fire on the Greek positions, and Mustafa Kemal watches from Kocatepe, a hill south west of Afyon. During the night the V Cavalry Corps has passed through a gap in the Greek line into the Greek rear. The First Army attacks the fortified heights from the south. By the evening of 27 August Afyon is taken and the Greek front is cut in two.
Mustafa Kemal at Kocatepe on the morning of 26 August 1922Wikimedia Commons, The original uploader was Volki16 at Turkish Wikipedia., Public domain (Kocatepe1922.jpg)
Mustafa Kemal and three officers at Kocatepe, Afyon, 26 August 1922Wikimedia Commons, Unknown author, Public domain (Kocatepe, Afyonkarahisar, 26 Ağustos 1922.png)
Greek soldiers near Afyon, 29 August 1922Wikimedia Commons, Greek Army, Public domain (Greek soldiers at Afyon Karahisar, 1922.jpg)
Sources
- Andrew Mango, Atatürk (1999).
- Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Nutuk (1927).
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