January to April 1921
First and Second İnönü
On 6 January 1921 the Greek army moves out of Bursa towards Eskişehir. İsmet's Western Front stops it at İnönü between 9 and 11 January, the first victory of the new regular army. In February and March the Ankara government takes part in the London Conference, and on 16 March it signs a treaty with Soviet Russia in Moscow.
Mustafa Kemal Pasha and İsmet Pasha inspecting troops after the Second Battle of İnönü, 1921Wikimedia Commons, Unknown author, Public domain (Kemal Paşa ve İsmet Paşa II. İnönü Muharebesi'nden sonra askerleri teftişte.png)
A second Greek offensive, from Bursa and from Uşak, begins on 23 March. İsmet stops the column from Bursa at İnönü again by 1 April. The column from Uşak takes Afyon, and Refet Pasha's troops retake it in April.
Greek soldiers in a trench near Afyon, July 1921Wikimedia Commons, Agence Rol, Public domain (Grecs en action (soldats dans une tranchée) à Afion Karahissar (i. e. Afyonkarahisar).jpg)
Sources
- Andrew Mango, Atatürk (1999).
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