In the aftermath of WWI the Greeks had been promised big chunks of Turkey, and the Ottoman's had signed on the dotted line. Attaturk had refused however, and in the ensuing Greco-Turkish War the Greeks were forced to withdraw after strife at home. I'm wondering if the Greeks, absent the disastrous strike at Ankara (or the death of the king and all the problems that entailed) could have held the territory they claimed from Turkey, or would the Turks have driven them out not long after anyways?
Could the Greeks have held Smyrna?
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Short version yes. Long version? This 
Of lost monkeys and broken vehicles
Paris Gare de Lyon train station July 30th 1920 (old calendar)/August 12th (new calendar) Eleutherios Venizelos, prime minister of Greece was on his way to Marseilles. In Marseilles a Royal Hellenic Navy warship was waiting to bring back the prime minister in Greece. Venizelos was, not without...
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