I’ve always been
interested in the Asia Minor campaign but unfortunately the books I’ve read so far
tended to lack an in depth analysis of why the Greek forces failed to defeat
the weakened Kemalist army.
The essays
posted at the aforementioned site clearly point out the underlying problems of
the Greek armed forces: the lack of professionalism of the officer corps, the
rigid planning at the operational and strategic level and the lack of support
between infantry, artillery and cavalry.
Great stuff!
I wish I could read Greek. On a related subject. A soon-to-be-published book which also mentions the mass murder of Greeks by Turkey, up to 1924. A better standing of the Greek army during that war could have prevented some of those atrocities.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674916456
You can use google translate. It’s not perfect but it gets the point across. Regarding the Greek populations in Asia Minor most of them were saved by transferring them to Greece
Deletehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_exchange_between_Greece_and_Turkey
However they lost all their wealth and belongings.