Order of battle for the Battle of Dumlupınar

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On August 1922 during the Battle of Dumlupınar, the opposing armies were deployed as follows:

Greek order of battle[]

In summer 1922, the Greek Army of Asia Minor (Greek: Στρατιά Μικράς Ασίας) held a front of 713 km, extending from Cius in the Sea of Marmara south-east to a bulge around Eskisehir, thence south to Afyonkarahisar, where it turned west and south over the Akar Dağ Mountain and then followed the right bank of the Büyük Menderes River to the Aegean Sea. The line had been established following the retreat of autumn 1921, after the Battle of Sakarya.[1] The Army of Asia Minor had its headquarters in Smyrna (Izmir) and was commanded by Lieutenant General Georgios Hatzianestis, with Major General Georgios Valettas as his chief of staff. It comprised a force of 220,000 men, of whom 140,000 were situated at the front but only 80,000 were counted as front-line combatants. The Army's equipment comprised 264 field guns, 980 machine guns and 2,592 sub-machine guns, as well as 55 aircraft.[1]

The northern sector of the front, from the Marmara Sea to around Eskisehir, was covered by the III Corps, and the southern sector, a wide bulge around Afyonkarahisar, by the I Corps with II Corps as its immediate reserve. The remaining southern sector of the front along the Menderes was lightly held by rear-echelon units under the Smyrna Superior General Military Command (Ανώτερη Γενική Στρατιωτική Διοίκηση Σμύρνης).[2] The Greek combat units were structured as follows, from north to south:[3]

  • III Corps, headquarters at Eskisehir, under Major General Petros Soumilas, with Colonel N. Spyropoulos as chief of staff
    • 11th Infantry Division under Major General Nikolaos Kladas, covering a sector of 60 km from the Sea of Marmara up to Bilecik. The Bilecik sector, linking the 11th with the 3rd Division, was held by the 16th Infantry Regiment detached from the 11th Division
    • 3rd Infantry Division under Colonel , covering a sector of 50 km from to Pursak
    • 10th Infantry Division under Colonel ), covering a sector of 50 km around
    • Independent Division under Colonel , covering a sector of 50 km around Seyitgazi
    • Eskisehir Military Command
  • I Corps, headquarters at Afyonkarahisar, under Major General Nikolaos Trikoupis, with Colonel Alexandros Merentitis as chief of staff
    • 5th Infantry Division under Colonel , covering the Bordi sector (45 km) north of Afyonkarahisar
    • 12th Infantry Division under Colonel Periklis Kallidopoulos, covering the Ince Karahisar sector (30 km) east of Afyonkarahisar, including the Çalışlar heights
    • 4th Infantry Division under Colonel , covering the Kamelar sector (20 km) to the south of Afyonkarahisar
    • 1st Infantry Division under Major General Athanasios Frangou, reinforced with the 49th Infantry Regiment, covering the Akar Dağ sector (50 km) to the south-west of Afyonkarahisar.
    • The "Plastiras Detachment" under Colonel Nikolaos Plastiras, comprising Plastiras' own 5/42 Evzone Regiment and the 13th Mountain Artillery Squadron, both detached from the 13th Division, as the Corps reserve

Due to lack of forces, the 1st Division left 10-kilometre sector at the Çay Hisar ravine was left uncovered, and a further 6-kilometre gap existed between the lines of the 1st and 4th Divisions.[4]

  • II Corps, headquarters at Kazlı Göl Hamam to the north-west of Afyonkarahisar, under Major General Kimon Digenis, with Colonel I. Vasilakopoulos as chief of staff
    • 9th Infantry Division under Colonel , covering the Sarice Dağ gap (32 km) with two battalions, while the rest were kept as a reserve at Duger
    • 13th Infantry Division under Colonel Miltiadis Kaibalis, covering the Demirler sector (10 km) with one regiment, with the 5/42 Evzone and an artillery squadron detached to I Corps, and with the other regiment as reserve at Ihsaniye
    • 7th Infantry Division under Colonel , as reserve around Evret
    • Kütahya Military Command, with four battalions, covering the lines of communication in the rear area
    • 2nd Infantry Division under Colonel Stylianos Gonatas, reinforced with five battalions, covered a line of 170 km west of its base, Uşak, on the southern flank of I Corps, along with the
    • Cavalry Division under Major General Andreas Kallinskis-Roïdis, which was under direct Army Command control

Turkish order of battle[]

Commander in chief (Müşir Mustafa Kemal Pasha)

Chief of the General Staff (Birinci Ferik Mustafa Fevzi Pasha)

Minister of National Defence: Mirliva Kâzım Pasha

  • (Mirliva Ismet Pasha, CoS: Miralay Asim Bey)
    • (Miralay Deli Halid Bey)
      • (Kaymakam: Mehmed Hulusi Bey, CoS: Yüzbaşı )
        • 15th Regiment (Kaymakam H. Hüsnü)
        • 24th Regiment (Binbaşı Reshad)
    • 25th Heavy Artillery Regiment (Binbaşı )
    • First Army (Mirliva Nureddin Pasha, CoS: Miralay Emin Bey, Vice CoS: Kaymakam Sabit Bey)
      • (Miralay Kemaleddin Sami Bey, CoS: Binbaşı )
        • 8th Division (Miralay Kâzım Bey, CoS: Binbaşı )
          • 8th Brigade (Miralay Ahmed Nuri Bey)
            • 131st Regiment (Kaymakam )
            • 135th Regiment (Kaymakam Müfit)
            • 189th Regiment (Binbaşı )
            • Artillery Regiment (Kaymakam )
        • 5th Caucasian Division (Kaymakam Halid Bey, CoS: Binbaşı Midhat)
          • 5th Caucasian Brigade (Kaymakam )
            • 9th Regiment (Binbaşı )
            • 10th Regiment (Binbaşı Ismail Hakki)
            • 13th Regiment (deputy: Binbaşı )
            • Artillery Regiment (Binbaşı )
        • 11th Division (Kaymakam Ahmed Derviş Bey, CoS: Binbaşı )
          • 11th Brigade (Kaymakam )
            • 70th Regiment (Binbaşı )
            • 126th Regiment (Binbaşı )
            • 127th Regiment (Binbaşı )
            • Artillery Regiment (Binbaşı )
        • 12th Division (Miralay Osman Nuri Bey, CoS: Binbaşı )
          • 12th Brigade (Miralay )
            • 35th Regiment (Kaymakam )
            • 36th Regiment (Binbaşı )
            • 34th Regiment (Kaymakam )[citation needed]
            • Artillery Regiment (Kaymakam )
      • (Miralay Izeddin Bey, CoS: Binbaşı )
        • 23rd Division (Miralay Omer Halis Bey, CoS: Mehmet Fahri Belen)
          • 23rd Brigade (Miralay )
            • 31st Regiment (Binbaşı Mehmed Rifat)
            • 68th Regiment (Kaymakam Mehmed Tevfik)
            • 69th Regiment (Kaymakam Hüseyin Hüsnü)
            • Artillery Regiment (Binbaşı )
        • 15th Division (Kaymakam Nadji Bey, CoS: Binbaşı )
          • 15th Brigade
            • 38th Regiment (Kaymakam )
            • 45th Regiment (Binbaşı Ali Riza)
            • 56th Regiment (Kaymakam )
            • Artillery Regiment (Binbaşı Akif)
        • 14th Division (Kaymakam Edhem Nedjded Bey, CoS: Binbaşı Ali Riza)
          • 14th Brigade (Kaymakam )
            • 25th Regiment (Kaymakam )
            • 26th Regiment (Kaymakam )
            • 30th Regiment (Kaymakam Ibrahim Edhem)
            • Artillery Regiment (Kaymakam )
        • 57th Division (Miralay Reshad Bey-after his suicide->, CoS: Binbaşı )
          • 57th Brigade (Miralay Ibrahim Hakki)
            • 37th Regiment (Kaymakam )
            • 39th Regiment (Binbaşı )
            • 176th Regiment (Kaymakam )
            • Artillery Regiment (Binbaşı )
      • (Mirliva Fahreddin Pasha)
        • 1st Cavalry Division (Miralay Mursel Bey, CoS: Binbaşı )
          • Cavalry Brigade (Miralay )
            • 10th Cavalry Regiment (Kaymakam Ismail Hakki)
            • 11th Cavalry Regiment (Binbaşı )
            • 14th Cavalry Regiment (Kaymakam Salih)
            • 21st Cavalry Regiment (Binbaşı Hüsnü)
        • 2nd Cavalry Division (Kaymakam Zeki Bey, Cos: Yüzbaşı )
          • Cavalry Brigade (Miralay )
            • 2nd Cavalry Regiment (Binbaşı Ahmed Kemal)
            • 4th Cavalry Regiment (Binbaşı Ali Reşat)
            • 13th Cavalry Regiment (Yüzbaşı Galip)
            • 20th Cavalry Regiment (Binbaşı , deputy Yüzbaşı )
        • 14th Cavalry Division (Kaymakam Mehmed Subhi Bey, CoS: )
          • Cavalry Brigade (Kaymakam )
            • 3rd Cavalry Regiment (Kaymakam )
            • 5th Cavalry Regiment (Yüzbaşı )
            • 34th Cavalry Regiment (Binbaşı İbrahim)
            • 54th Cavalry Regiment (Binbaşı )
        • 6th Division (Miralay Hussein Nazmi Bey, CoS: Binbaşı )
          • 6th Brigade (Miralay )
            • 50th Regiment (Binbaşı )
            • 51st Regiment (Yüzbaşı )
            • 52nd Regiment (Yüzbaşı )
            • Artillery Regiment (Binbaşı )
        • 3rd Cavalry Division (Kaymakam Ibrahim Bey, deputy commander: Yüzbşı )
          • 27th Cavalry Regiment (Kaymakam )
          • 28th Cavalry Regiment (Binbaşı )
        • Dinar Detachment
          • 59th Regiment
      • II Corps (Miralay Ali Hikmed Bey, CoS: Kaymakam )
        • 7th Division (Miralay Nadji Bey, CoS: Binbaşı Mehmed Nuri Bey)
          • 7th Brigade (Miralay )
            • 2nd Regiment (Kaymakam )
            • 23rd Regiment (Kaymakam )
            • 41st Regiment (Kaymakam Munir)
            • Artillery Regiment (Binbaşı Kiazim)
        • 4th Division (Miralay Mehmed Sabri Bey, CoS: Binbaşı )
          • 4th Brigade (Kaymakam )
            • 40th Regiment (Kaymakam )
            • 42nd Regiment (Kaymakam )
            • 58th Regiment (Kaymakam )
            • Artillery Regiment (Binbaşı )
        • 3rd Caucasian Division (Miralay Kâzım Bey, CoS: Binbaşı Mehmed Faik)
          • 3rd Caucasian Brigade (Miralay )
            • 7th Regiment (Kaymakam )
            • 8th Regiment (Kaymakam )
            • 11th Regiment (Kaymakam Ismail Rahmi)
            • Artillery Regiment
    • Second Army (Mirliva Yakub Shevki Pasha, CoS: Kaymakam Hussein Husnu Bey, Vice CoS: Kaymakam Ali Riza Bey)
      • III Corps (Miralay Shukri Naili Bey, CoS: Kaymakam Hayrullah Bey)
        • 41st Division (Miralay Alaaddin Bey, CoS: Binbaşı )
          • 41st Brigade (Kaymakam )
            • 12th Regiment (Kaymakam )
            • 16th Regiment (Kaymakam )
            • 19th Regiment (Kaymakam Omer Hulusi)
            • Artillery Regiment (Kaymakam )
        • 61st Division (Kaymakam Salih Bey, CoS: Yüzbaşı )
          • 61st Brigade (Kaymakam )
            • 159th Regiment (Kaymakam Rushdi)
            • 174th Regiment (Kaymakam )
            • 190th Regiment (Kaymakam )
            • Artillery Regiment (Kaymakam )
        • 1st Division (Miralay Abdurrahman Nafiz Bey] CoS: Binbaşı )
          • 1st Brigade (Miralay )
            • 3rd Regiment (Kaymakam )
            • 4th Regiment (Kaymakam )
            • 5th Regiment (Kaymakam )
            • Artillery Regiment (Kaymakam )
        • Provisional Cavalry Division (Miralay Arif Bey, CoS: Yüzbaşı )
          • 37th Cavalry Regiment (Kaymakam Tahsin)
          • 38th Cavalry Regiment (Kaymakam İhsan)
          • 33rd Cavalry Regiment (Binbaşı Edip)
      • (Mirliva Kâzım Pasha, CoS: Binbaşı Mehmed Nihat)
        • 16th Division (Miralay Ashir Bey, CoS: Binbaşı )
          • 16th Brigade
            • 43rd Regiment (Kaymakam )
            • 44th Regiment (Kaymakam )
            • 46th Regiment (Kaymakam Ismail Hakki)
            • Artillery Regiment (Binbaşı )
        • 17th Division (Miralay Nureddin Bey, CoS: Mahmud Djelaleddin)
          • 17th Brigade (Miralay )
            • 62nd Regiment (Kaymakam )
            • 63rd Regiment (Kaymakam Abdulgani)
            • 47th Regiment (Osman Agha)
            • Artillery Regiment (Kaymakam )

See also[]

Footnotes[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Despotopoulos (1978), p. 201
  2. ^ Despotopoulos (1978), pp. 201–202, 205
  3. ^ Despotopoulos (1978), pp. 201–202
  4. ^ Despotopoulos (1978), p. 202

Bibliography[]

  • Celal Erikan, Komutan Atatürk, Cilt I-II, Üçüncü Basım, Türkiye İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları, İstanbul, 2001, ISBN 975-458-288-2, pp. 639–641. (in Turkish)
  • Despotopoulos, Alexandros (1978). "Η Μικρασιατική Καταστροφή" [The Asia Minor Catastrophe]. Ιστορία του Ελληνικού Έθνους, Τόμος ΙΕ′: Νεώτερος ελληνισμός από το 1913 ως το 1941 [History of the Greek Nation, Volume XV: Modern Hellenism from 1913 to 1941] (in Greek). Ekdotiki Athinon A.E. pp. 200–233.

External links[]

  • Komutanlar, Kocatepe Büyük Taarruz Uygulama ve Araştırma Merkezi (in Turkish)
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