Battle of Dumlupınar
| Battle of Dumlupınar | |||||||
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| Part of the Great Offensive of the Greco-Turkish War of 1919–1922 | |||||||
Mustafa Kemal Pasha at Kocatepe, Afyonkarahisar | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Ankara Government | Greece | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Mustafa Kemal Pasha Fevzi Pasha Ismet Pasha |
Georgios Hatzianestis Nikolaos Trikoupis (POW) Kimon Digenis (POW) Petros Soumilas | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| Order of battle | Order of battle | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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Parts of: 98,670 infantry 5,286 cavalry 323 artillery |
Parts of: 130,000 infantry 1,300 cavalry 348 artillery | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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26 August – 9 September: 2,318 killed 9,360 wounded 1,697 missing 101 prisoners Total: 13,476 |
8,000 killed 2,000 wounded 2,000 captured Total: 12,000 141 artillery 250 motorized vehicles | ||||||
The Battle of Dumlupınar (Greek: Μάχη του Τουμλού Μπουνάρ, romanized: Máchi tou Toumloú Bounár, Turkish: Dumlupınar (Meydan) Muharebesi, lit. 'Dumlupınar (Field) Battle'), or known as Field Battle of the Commander-in-Chief (Turkish: Başkumandanlık Meydan Muharebesi) in Turkey, was one of the important battles in the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922) (part of the Turkish War of Independence). The battle was fought from 26 to 30 August 1922 near Dumlupınar, Kütahya in Turkey.