30 August 1922
Dumlupınar, the commander in chief's battle
The main Greek force retreating west from Afyon, the Trikoupis Group, is surrounded near Dumlupınar on 29 August and destroyed on 30 August. Mustafa Kemal directs the battle in person from the hill of Zafertepe. The Greek III Corps and other units escape towards the coast.
General Trikoupis led away by Turkish soldiers after his capture, September 1922Wikimedia Commons, Unknown author, Public domain (General Trikoupis POW 1922.jpg)
General Trikoupis is captured on 2 September and brought before Mustafa Kemal. Mustafa Kemal tells him that Athens has appointed Trikoupis commander in chief of the Greek army. 30 August is commemorated in Türkiye as Victory Day.
Turkish infantry in a trench during the War of IndependenceWikimedia Commons, NA, Public domain (Turkish infantry in trench.jpg)
Captured Greek generals at the prisoner camp in Kırşehir, 1922Wikimedia Commons, T.C., Public domain (Greek POW generals.jpg)
Sources
- Andrew Mango, Atatürk (1999).
- Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Nutuk (1927).
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