First Battle of İnönü
| First Battle of İnönü | |||||||
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| Part of the Greco-Turkish War (1919–22) | |||||||
Mustafa Kemal at the end of the First Battle of İnönü | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Ankara Government | Greece | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| İsmet Pasha | Anastasios Papoulas | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 6,000 soldiers | 18,000 soldiers | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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95 killed 183 wounded 211 prisoners | 51 killed, 130 wounded | ||||||
The First Battle of İnönü (Turkish: Birinci İnönü Muharebesi) took place between 6 and 11 January 1921 near İnönü in Hüdavendigâr Vilayet (present-day Eskişehir Province, Turkey) during the Greco-Turkish War (1919–22), also known as the western front of the larger Turkish War of Independence. This was the first battle for the Army of the Grand National Assembly that was newly built standing army (Düzenli ordu) in place of irregular troops.