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The event is considered one of the most catastrophic urban fires in history and it is widely regarded as an act of genocide and a war crime; the event is still a source of tension between Greece and Turkey. [1][2] Winston Churchill called it an "infernal orgy" and stated that: "For a deliberately planned and methodically executed atrocity, Smyrn...
Sep 22, 2022 · It was the middle of September 1922, and Smyrna was burning. During the waning days of the Ottoman Empire and at the tail end of the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922) that followed World War I, the port city of Smyrna on the Aegean coast of Asia Minor was set alight by arsonists.
Sep 14, 2024 · September 13, 1922 marks one of the darkest days of Hellenism, as Smyrna, one of the most prosperous and beautiful cities on the Mediterranean coast of Asia Minor, was destroyed by the Turks, sending hundreds of thousands of Greeks to a homeland they had never known.
Sep 13, 2015 · Once upon a time, there was a mythical city on the Asia Minor coast—the great city of Smyrna, one of the world’s richest, most cosmopolitan and ethnically diverse metropolises. But on September 13 1922, victorious Turkish soldiers set fire to Smyrna’s Armenian and Greek quarters and went on a rampage of rape, pillage, and mass murder.
Sep 9, 2024 · The Great Fire in the Greek Quarter of Smyrna (now Izmir), 1922. Chronicle/Alamy Stock Photo. It was, Strabo said, ‘the finest city in Asia’. But ruin was in Smyrna’s bones. It was destroyed by Lydia and Persia, and later by the Seljuks and the army of Timur.
Sep 10, 2021 · The Smyrna genocide was the result of a disastrous decision on Greece ’s part to stage a military campaign — encouraged and approved by Western powers — in Asia Minor in May 1919. Twelve Greek divisions started the campaign by moving deep into Ottoman territory in Asia Minor.
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Sep 12, 2024 · Following is a harrowing account of the American evacuation of Smyrna. The story is actually the prologue of Professor Ureneck’s book “The Great Fire,” published in 1922 by HarperCollins Books.
