Battle of the Sakarya order of battle

On August 23, 1921, during the Battle of the Sakarya, the opposing armies were deployed as follows:

Greek order of battle

In late July 1921, Greek Army of Asia Minor (Greek: Στρατιά Μικράς Ασίας), under Lt. Gen. Anastasios Papoulas (chief of staff Col. Konstantinos Pallis), comprised:

I Corps (Maj. Gen. Alexandros Kontoulis)
- 1st Infantry Division (Col. Athanasios Frangou)
- 2nd Infantry Division (Col. Georgios Valettas)
- 12th Infantry Division (Col. Periklis Kallidopoulos)
- Artillery Regiment
II Corps (Prince Andrew of Greece)
- 5th Infantry Division (Col. Ioannis Trilivas)
- 9th Infantry Division (Col. Kimon Digenis)
- 13th Infantry Division (Col. Andreas Kallinskis-Roïdis)
- Artillery Regiment
- Army Reserve Heavy Artillery Regiment
III Corps (Maj. Gen. Georgios Polymenakos)
- 3rd Infantry Division (Col. Georgios Nikolaidis)
- 7th Infantry Division (Col. Andreas Platis)
- 10th Infantry Division (Col. Petros Soumilas)
- Artillery Regiment
- 16th Infantry Regiment (detached from 11th Division)
- Cavalry Brigade (Col. Panagiotis Nikolaidis)
  - 1st Cavalry Regiment
  - 3rd Cavalry Regiment
Southern Group of Divisions (Maj. Gen. Nikolaos Trikoupis)
- 4th Infantry Division (Col. Dimitrios Dimaras)
- 11th Infantry Division (Col. Nikolaos Kladas)
  - 17th Infantry Regiment
  - 45th Infantry Regiment
9th Infantry Regiment
49th Infantry Regiment
18th Infantry Regiment
47th Infantry Regiment

Turkish order of Battle

Commander in chief: Mirliva Mustafa Kemal Pasha

Chief of the General Staff: Birinci Ferik Mustafa Fevzi Pasha

Minister of National Defence: Mirliva Refet Pasha

Western Front (Mirliva Ismet Pasha)
- Cavalry Brigade
  - 21st Cavalry Regiment
  - Adatepe Cavalry
  - Militia Infantry
- 2nd Cavalry Division (Kaymakam Edhem Servet Bey)
  - 2nd Cavalry Regiment
  - 4th Cavalry Regiment
  - 13th Cavalry Regiment
- 3rd Cavalry Division (Kaymakam Ibrahim Bey)
  - 27th Cavalry Regiment
  - 28th Cavalry Regiment
- Provisional Division (Kaymakam Ahmed Zeki Bey)
  - 35th Infantry Regiment
  - 52nd Infantry Regiment
  - 1st Militia Regiment
  - 2nd Militia Regiment
- 3rd Caucasian Division (Kaymakam "Dadayli" Halid Bey)
  - 7th Infantry Regiment
  - 8th Infantry Regiment
  - 11th Infantry Regiment
- 6th Division (Kaymakam Hussein Nazmi Bey)
  - 34th Infantry Regiment
  - 50th Infantry Regiment
  - 51st Infantry Regiment
  - 17th Stormtrooper Branch
  - 18th Stormtrooper Branch
  - 19th Stormtrooper Branch
  - 20th Stormtrooper Branch
- 57th Division (Kaymakam Hasan Mumtaz Bey)
  - 37th Infantry Regiment
  - 39th Infantry Regiment
  - 176th Infantry Regiment
- 29th Infantry Regiment
- 47th Infantry Regiment
- 48th Infantry Regiment
- 49th Infantry Regiment
- Artillery Regiment
- Pioneer Battalion
- Provisional Group (Miralay Kâzım "Köprülü" Bey)
  - 1st Cavalry Division (Kaymakam Osman Zati Bey)
    - 10 Cavalry Regiment
    - 11 Cavalry Regiment
    - 14 Cavalry Regiment
  - 1st Division (Kaymakam Abdul Rahman Nafiz Bey)
    - 3rd Infantry Regiment
    - 4th Infantry Regiment
    - 5th Infantry Regiment
  - 17th Division (Miralay Hussein Nureddin Bey)
    - 61st Infantry Regiment
    - 62nd Infantry Regiment
    - 63rd Infantry Regiment
  - 41st Division (Kaymakam Sherif Bey)
    - 12th Infantry Regiment
    - 16th Infantry Regiment
    - 19th Infantry Regiment
- XII Group (Miralay "Deli" Halid Bey)
  - 11th Division (Miralay Abdul Rezzak Bey^{[citation needed]})
    - 170th Infantry Regiment
    - 126th Infantry Regiment
    - 127th Infantry Regiment
- IV Group (Miralay Kemaleddin Sami Bey)
  - 5th Caucasian Division (Kaymakam Djemil Djahid Bey)
    - 9th Infantry Regiment
    - 10th Infantry Regiment
    - 13th Infantry Regiment
  - 61st Division (Miralay Mehmed Rushdi Bey)
    - 159th Infantry Regiment
    - 174th Infantry Regiment
    - 190th Infantry Regiment
- III Group (Mirliva Yusuf Izzet Pasha)
  - 7th Division (Kaymakam Ahmed Dervish Bey)
    - 2nd Infantry Regiment
    - 23rd Infantry Regiment
    - 41st Infantry Regiment
  - 8th Division (Miralay Kiazim Bey)
    - 131st Infantry Regiment
    - 135th Infantry Regiment
    - 189th Infantry Regiment
  - 15th Division (Miralay Shukri Naili Bey)
    - 38th Infantry Regiment
    - 48th Infantry Regiment
    - 56th Infantry Regiment
- II Group (Miralay Selâhaddin Âdil Bey)
  - 4th Division (Miralay Mehmed Sabri Bey)
    - 40th Infantry Regiment
    - 42nd Infantry Regiment
    - 58th Infantry Regiment
  - 5th Division (Kaymakam Kenan Bey)
    - 14th Infantry Regiment
    - 15th Infantry Regiment
    - 24th Infantry Regiment
  - 9th Division (Miralay Sidqi Bey)
    - 25th Infantry Regiment
    - 26th Infantry Regiment
    - 27th Infantry Regiment
- I Group (Miralay Izzeddin Bey)
  - 23rd Division (Kaymakam Bıyıklıoğlu Omer Halis Bey)
    - 31st Infantry Regiment
    - 68th Infantry Regiment
    - 69th Infantry Regiment
  - 24th Division (Kaymakam Ahmed Fuad Bey)
    - 30th Infantry Regiment
    - 31st Infantry Regiment
    - 32nd Infantry Regiment
- V Group (Cavalry) (Miralay Fahreddin Bey)
  - 14th Cavalry Division (Kaymakam Mehmed Subhi Bey)
    - 3rd Cavalry Regiment
    - 54th Cavalry Regiment
    - 55th Cavalry Regiment
  - 4th Cavalry Division (Kaymakam Arif Bey)
    - 5th Cavalry Regiment
    - 20th Cavalry Regiment

Footnotes

Bibliography

Celal Erikan, Komutan Atatürk, Cilt I-II, Üçüncü Basım, Türkiye İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları, İstanbul, 2001, ISBN 975-458-288-2, pp. 520–522. (in Turkish)
Türk İstiklâl Harbi: Sakarya Meydan Muharebesi ve Sonraki Harekât, II nci cilt, 5 nci kısım, 2 nci kitap, Genelkurmay Baskanlığı Harbi Tarihi Dairesi Resmî Yayınları, 1973, pp. 516–517. (in Turkish)

Battle of the Sakarya order of battle

Greek order of battle

Turkish order of Battle

See also

Footnotes

Bibliography

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