@ryanbrown5905
"And then a monkey stepped in" Me: That's a weird turn of phrase. Me a minute later: on no that was literally a monkey.
@Arphenonn
Another name of Battle of Sakarya is "Battle of Officers". Beacuse %75 of officers died in this war. It was extreme
@UGTLDG
20:30 "The month-long battle of Sakarya"... I'm not sure how many of the watchers can realize what a month-long battle means, with every hill and stream contested by both sides... and bare in mind that both sides were secondary powers at the time, facing severe economic and social problems after almost a decade of fighting since the First Balkan War of 1912! Talking about tenacity and determination! My grandpa fought there, was lucky enough to make it back home, and had since a tremendous respect for the Turkish soldier and the Turkish people in general. As most of the Greeks who actually were present at Sakarya, did!
@andrewsever98
The King of Greece dying because he was bitten by a monkey, and his entire government falling apart because of it, just feels like it encapsulates the whole post-war era.
@cmd.systemreset
All these cities repeatedly mentioned mean a lot to me, my mom was born in Afyon province, i studied high school in Eskişehir, did my military service in Kütahya. What a life
@shawngilliland243
"Bitter hatred of each other" - that seems to be the most lasting consequence of the Greco-Turkish War.
@godzea5548
I think there is small mistake at 14:37. Inonu was always under the command of Ataturk and Ataturk never said I want to be a Baskumandan because he was already working like that. The opposition members in the assembly proposed this as a political maneuver to blame him for expected defeat and to send him away from the congress so he cannot be involved in decision making. Ataturk knew their intention and accepted the offer only with one condition: He wanted the legislative power of the congress on himself for 3 months (of course only limited to the war and army). This created a shocking effect on opposition members because if that condition happens whatever Ataturk says would be a law. They first refused this in congress discussion; and he replied as " I am already leading the army as "baskuman" so far, but you are the ones who found this insufficient. Unless you have another agenda for sending me away from congress, you have to accept my conditions.. this condition is limited to three months and congress can cancel it anytime they want" Those opposition members were supporters of Enver Pasha.
@ahmetben8812
Perfect pronunciation of Turkish words such as Polatlı, Afyonkarahisar, Eskişehir etc. One minor mistake was Halide Edip's surname which is Adıvar, not Edivar.
@abg927
“ Hattı müdafa yoktur. Sathı müdafa vardır; O satıh bütün vatandır.”
@burcinadsonmez4775
Well, congrats. Another great non-biased Greco-Turkish War episode. Wish I could say the same for the comments section ofcourse but one can only hope. As a Turk I must congratulate Jesse on the pronounciations, all of the place names are correctly handled. I appreciate how hard is to pronounce Eskişehir or Kütahya for someone whose primary language is not Turkish. Maybe one small error should be addressed, İnönü is not the honorific of İsmet Paşa, but his future surname which was bestowed to him by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk when the surname law was initiated in Republic of Turkey in 1934. Also I know the main topic of this video was the Greco-Turkish War aspect of the Turkish Independence War but in Turkey we consider the War of Indepence as a whole including the battles against Transcaucasian Republic (but mainly as Armenia) in the Eastern Front, fought by Kazım (Karabekir) Paşa and the revolts in the southeastern cities against the French. The early victories in these fronts pulled the French to the negotiating table in Ankara Treaty in late 1921 and freed a large number of troops for the western front. On the other hand Treaty of Moscow signed with Soviets was the main catalyst for the end of hostilities in the eastern front of the Turkish War of Independence and guaranteed the arms deal with Soviet Russia (which you have briefly mentioned in this episode). I think the eastern front, Moscow, Ankara and Kars treaties and Ankara-Soviet alliance (which helped the eventual Turkish victory on the long run) deserve an (albeit shorter) episode. Once again, thanks for and keep up the great work.
@berkay6441
Turks had fought with italy in 1912 then 2 balkan wars then ww1 too. its not like turks had fresh forces.
@enesamederel
Naming the war as "Turkish War of Liberation" instead "Turkish Independence War" has got me. Terminology is everything. It is not a war between an imperial nation and the people of their subjects who wants their freedom as we see in such a places around globe expressly in 20th century. This is a war of a nation which rejected to be being ruled over by foreign countries in their homeland. That's why I admire this one of the greatest YouTube project ever. Big fan since Verdun. Stay cool ✌🏻✌🏻
@brokenbridge6316
I remember reading about this conflict many years ago. And I remember it fondly. Great video. Can't wait for your next video on this conflict. Whenever that is.
@ODirik
I am currently writng my doctorate thesis on this war. There is no solid clue that M.K. Ataturk blamed Ismet due to the failure of Kutahya-Eskisehir batte. However It was quite a nice production. I belive it will be at least that much nice to launch another one for the Grand Turkish attack in 1922, which indeed, marked a diamond value in military strategy. M.K Ataturk was an exceptioanl military genius and his commanders were very experienced soldiers... Mant many Thanks.
@cassianoneto1553
“Allied support for Greece wavers as Turkish nationalists refuse to surrender” Kinda speaks for itself the way the scales were weighted. Greece had one chance after WW1 to reach a victorious peace, but the moment an immediate victory failed, it was doomed.
@Picklerick20
I just spent my vacation in Yeni-Koy which translates to New-Town, the reason why it was called “New Town” is, because the turkish resistance was mainly organized by locals of that town and they were family members andthe Greek burnt down the old town.. so proud.. Denizli, Civril, Yeni-Koy. Last but not least, yasa Mustafa Kemal pasa yasa.
@denizbeytekin9853
As a Turk, I loved the narration so much!!! Thank you
@Unfassbarer
Danke!
@HistoryOfRevolutions
"Men would live exceedingly quiet if these two words, mine and thine, were taken away" - Anaxagoras
@TheGreatWar