Occupation of Constantinople | |||||||||
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Part of World War I and the Turkish War of Independence | |||||||||
Louis Franchet d'Espèrey marching in Beyoğlu, February 8, 1919 |
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Belligerents | |||||||||
Italy Greece |
Ottoman Empire Turkish Revolutionaries |
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Somerset Arthur Gough-Calthorpe George Milne Louis Franchet d'Esperey Carlo Sforza |
Selâhattin Âdil Pasha² | ||||||||
Strength | |||||||||
Land forces on 13 November 1918: |
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1: Commander of the XXV Corp and the Istanbul Guard (October 6, 1919–March 16, 1920) 2: Commander of the Istanbul Command (December 10, 1922–September 29, 1923) |
Land forces on 13 November 1918:
2,616 British, 540 French, 470 Italian (Total: 3,626 soldiers)
Land forces by 5 November 1919:
: 27,419 soldiers (27 artillery batteries, 160 machine guns)
: 19,069 soldiers (30 cannons, 91 machine guns)
: 3,992 soldiers
: 795 soldiers (160 machine guns)
Total: ~51,300 soldiers (411 machine guns, 57 artillery pieces)
Naval forces:
13 November 1918: 50-61warships