30 October to 13 November 1918
The Armistice of Mudros and the Allied fleet in İstanbul
The armistice is signed aboard HMS Agamemnon at Moudros (then Mudros) on 30 October 1918. The next day Mustafa Kemal takes over the Yıldırım Army Group from Liman von Sanders. He objects to the terms, among them the article that lets the Allies occupy any strategic point if their security is threatened. The army group is dissolved in early November, and he arrives in İstanbul on 13 November, the day that the Allied fleet anchors off the city.
HMS Agamemnon, on which the armistice was signed at MoudrosWikimedia Commons, Unknown photographer, Public domain (HMS Agamemnon LOC ggbain 18554.jpg)
HMS Agamemnon in Moudros BayWikimedia Commons, Public domain (Agamemnon at Mudros.jpg)
Sources
- Andrew Mango, Atatürk (1999).
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