Order of battle for the Battle of Sakarya
On August 23, 1921 during the Battle of 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)
- 4th Infantry Regiment
- 5th Infantry Regiment
- 1/38 Evzone Regiment
- 2nd Infantry Division (Col. Georgios Valettas)
- 1st Infantry Regiment
- 7th Infantry Regiment
- 34th Infantry Regiment
- 12th Infantry Division (Col. Periklis Kallidopoulos)
- 14th Infantry Regiment
- 41st Infantry Regiment
- 46th Infantry Regiment
- Artillery Regiment
- 1st Infantry Division (Col. Athanasios Frangou)
- II Corps (Prince Andrew of Greece)
- 5th Infantry Division (Col. Ioannis Trilivas)
- 33rd Infantry Regiment
- 43rd Infantry Regiment
- 44th Infantry Regiment
- 9th Infantry Division (Col. Kimon Digenis)
- 25th Infantry Regiment
- 26th Infantry Regiment
- 3/40 Evzone Regiment
- 13th Infantry Division (Col. Andreas Kallinskis-Roïdis)
- 3rd Infantry Regiment
- 2nd Infantry Regiment
- 5/42 Evzone Regiment
- Artillery Regiment
- Army Reserve Heavy Artillery Regiment
- 5th Infantry Division (Col. Ioannis Trilivas)
- III Corps (Maj. Gen. Georgios Polymenakos)
- 3rd Infantry Division (Col. Georgios Nikolaidis)
- 6th Infantry Regiment
- 12th Infantry Regiment
- 5/39 Evzone Regiment
- 7th Infantry Division (Col. Andreas Platis)
- 22nd Infantry Regiment
- 23rd Infantry Regiment
- 37th Infantry Regiment
- 10th Infantry Division (Col. Petros Soumilas)
- 27th Infantry Regiment
- 28th Infantry Regiment
- 30th Infantry Regiment
- Artillery Regiment
- 16th Infantry Regiment (detached from 11th Division)
- Cavalry Brigade (Col. Panagiotis Nikolaidis)
- 1st Cavalry Regiment
- 3rd Cavalry Regiment
- 3rd Infantry Division (Col. Georgios Nikolaidis)
- Southern Group of Divisions (Maj. Gen. Nikolaos Trikoupis)
- 4th Infantry Division (Col. Dimitrios Dimaras)
- 8th Infantry Regiment
- 11th Infantry Regiment
- 35th Infantry Regiment
- 11th Infantry Division (Col. Nikolaos Kladas)
- 17th Infantry Regiment
- 45th Infantry Regiment
- 4th Infantry Division (Col. Dimitrios Dimaras)
- 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
- Cavalry Brigade
- 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
- 1st Cavalry Division (Kaymakam Osman Zati Bey)
- Provisional Group (Miralay Kâzım "Köprülü" Bey)
- XII Group (Miralay "Deli" Halid Bey)
- 11th Division (Miralay Abdul Rezzak Bey)
- 170th Infantry Regiment
- 126th Infantry Regiment
- 127th Infantry Regiment
- 11th Division (Miralay Abdul Rezzak Bey)
- XII Group (Miralay "Deli" Halid Bey)
- 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
- 5th Caucasian Division (Kaymakam Djemil Djahid Bey)
- IV Group (Miralay Kemaleddin Sami Bey)
- 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
- 7th Division (Kaymakam Ahmed Dervish Bey)
- III Group (Mirliva Yusuf Izzet Pasha)
- 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
- 4th Division (Miralay Mehmed Sabri Bey)
- II Group (Miralay Selâhaddin Âdil Bey)
- 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
- 23rd Division (Kaymakam Bıyıklıoğlu Omer Halis Bey)
- I Group (Miralay Izzeddin Bey)
- 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
- 14th Cavalry Division (Kaymakam Mehmed Subhi Bey)
- V Group (Cavalry) (Miralay Fahreddin Bey)
See also
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. (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. (Turkish)
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