Rare, 1935, Richard Gondrand , La Tragédie de l’ Asie Mineure, Smyrna Catastrophe, Greco-Turkish War

Richard Gondrand

La Tragédie

de l’Asie Mineure

et

L’Anéantissement de Smyrne

1914-1922

 

Richard Gondrand

The Tragedy

of Asia Minor

and

The Smyrna Catastrophe

1914 – 1922

 

Published by Y. Armen Marseille in 1935

Pages 139

22.5 cm x 14 cm

First Edition

 

The Greco-Turkish War of 1919–1922 was fought between Greece and the Turkish National Movement during the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire in the aftermath of World War I, between 15 May 1919 and 14 October 1922.

The Smyrna Catastrophe or Burning of Smyrna destroyed much of the port city of Smyrna (modern İzmir, Turkey) in September 1922. Eyewitness reports state that the fire began on 13 September 1922 and lasted until it was largely extinguished on 22 September. It began four days after the Turkish military captured the city on September 9, effectively ending the Greco-Turkish War, more than three years after the Greek landing of troops at Smyrna. Estimated Greek and Armenian deaths resulting from the fire range from 10,000 to 125,000.