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commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Anastasios Papoulas

Battles of Anastasios Papoulas

Greek general, 1857 to 1935

Anastasios Papoulas is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1916 and 1921: 5 battles across 2 present-day countries, most in Turkey (4), Greece (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,678 km apart end to end, 420 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Greco-Turkish War (4), World War I (1).

NoemvrianaBattle of Kütahya–EskişehirFirst Battle of İnönüSecond Battle of İnönüBattle of SakaryaNoemvrianaBattle of Kütahya–EskişehirSecond Battle of İnönüBattle of SakaryaAnkaraThessalonikiİzmirBursaAdanaKonyaSamsunAntalyaKayseriAdapazarı500 km38.899N, 29.864E
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1916: 1 engagements1921: 4 engagements4 in 192119161921
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Noemvriana, 1916Battle of Kütahya–Eskişehir, 1921First Battle of İnönü, 1921Second Battle of İnönü, 1921Battle of Sakarya, 192119161921
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1916NoemvrianaAthens, GreeceRoyalist victory
1921Battle of Kütahya–EskişehirAfyonkarahisar, Turkey600 km EGreek victory; Greek capture of Afyonkarahisar, Kütahya and...
1921First Battle of İnönüEskişehir, Turkey473 km EStalemate/Inconclusive; Greek tactical success; Greek...
1921Second Battle of İnönüİnönü, Turkey511 km WTurkish victory
1921Battle of SakaryaSakarya River, Turkey94 km SEMilitary stalemate; Greek advance failed

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.