Battle of Bergama

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Battle of Bergama
Part of the Greco-Turkish War (1919–22)

The town of Bergama in 2014, seen from the ancient acropolis of Pergamon
Date15–20 June 1919
Location
Bergama
Result Greek victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of Greece Greece Kuva-yi Milliye
Commanders and leaders
12 June:
Major Apostolos Sermakezis
18–20 June:
Col. Charalambos Tseroulis
Col. Mavroudis		 Kemal Muratoğlu
Strength
12 June:
800 infantry, 80 cavalry, 3 machine guns, 2 cannons[1]
18–20 June: 3,000 infantry[2]		 500 irregulars and regulars[3]
Casualties and losses
10 dead, 9 wounded, 86 missing in action (mostly killed)[4][5] Unknown
Evacuation of 80,000[6]–100,000[7] Turkish civilians from the area.

The Battle of Bergama was fought at and near Bergama (ancient Pergamon, now a district center of İzmir Province, Turkey) between the Greek army and forces of the nascent Turkish National Movement (Kuva-yi Milliye) during the Greco-Turkish War of 1919–1922. The Turkish forces pushed the Greek army from Bergama on 15 June, but the town was recaptured on 22 June.

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  2. ^ Hasan İzzettin Dinamo, 1986, page 275.
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  4. ^ Μεγάλη Στρατιωτικὴ καὶ Ναυτικὴ Ἐγκυκλοπαιδεία, p. 295.
  5. ^ Allamani & Panagiotopoulou 1978, p. 121.
  6. ^ Turgut Özakman: Vahidettin, M. Kemal ve milli mücadele: yalanlar, yanlışlar, yutturmacalar, Bilgi Yayınevi, 1997, ISBN 9754946698, page 219. (in Turkish)
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