Second Battle of İnönü

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The Second Battle of İnönü was a key 1921 engagement in the Greco-Turkish War during the Turkish War of Independence, where Turkish nationalist forces halted a major Greek offensive in western Anatolia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle
military engagement
alsoKnownAs Second Battle of İnönü
surface form: Second İnönü Battle

Second Battle of İnönü
surface form: İkinci İnönü Muharebesi
belligerent Kingdom of Greece
Turkish nationalist forces
surface form: Turkish National Movement
combatant1 Turkish nationalist forces
surface form: Turkish National Movement
combatant2 Kingdom of Greece
commander Anastasios Papoulas
İsmet İnönü NERFINISHED
commanderOfGreekForces Anastasios Papoulas
commanderOfTurkishForces İsmet İnönü NERFINISHED
commemoratedBy place name İnönü adopted by İsmet İnönü as surname
conflict Turkish War of Independence
surface form: Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922)
country Turkey
date March–April 1921
endDate 1921-04-01
followedBy Battle of Kütahya–Eskişehir
front Western Front of the Turkish War of Independence
surface form: Western Front (Turkish War of Independence)
impact contributed to consolidation of Turkish nationalist control in Anatolia
influenced Allied diplomatic stance toward Turkish nationalists
involvedForce Greek Army
surface form: Greek Army of Asia Minor

Turkish regular army
locatedIn Anatolia
objective Greek attempt to defeat Turkish nationalist forces in western Anatolia
partOf Turkish War of Independence
surface form: Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922)

Turkish War of Independence
place İnönü
surface form: İnönü, near Eskişehir, western Anatolia
precededBy First Battle of İnönü
relatedTo Ankara Government
Treaty of Sèvres
result Turkish nationalist victory
significance boosted morale of Turkish nationalist forces
demonstrated growing effectiveness of the Turkish regular army
halted a major Greek offensive in western Anatolia
strengthened the political position of the Turkish Grand National Assembly
startDate 1921-03-23
strategicOutcome prevented Greek breakthrough toward Ankara at that time
theater Western Front of the Turkish War of Independence
typeOfEngagement land battle
year 1921

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İsmet İnönü notableEvent Second Battle of İnönü
Turkish War of Independence hasPart Second Battle of İnönü
Battle of Kütahya–Eskişehir precededBy Second Battle of İnönü
İsmet Pasha notableBattle Second Battle of İnönü
İnönü sharesNameWith Second Battle of İnönü
First Battle of İnönü followedBy Second Battle of İnönü
Second Battle of İnönü alsoKnownAs Second Battle of İnönü
this entity surface form: İkinci İnönü Muharebesi
Second Battle of İnönü alsoKnownAs Second Battle of İnönü
this entity surface form: Second İnönü Battle