Logistics of the Greek offensive 1920-1921

[Kurt_S]

Are there any good books discussing this? Like how did the Greeks support an overland advance from the Aegean fairly deep into Anatolia?

[stevebecker]

Mate,

Sorry but works on the Greeks during this time is limited in English.

Maybe some Greek source maybe out there?

What it know from what I read, they had a bad system which poorly supplied there forces.
And the stupid Greek General/s pushed there forces to far to fast, which enabled Turkish forces to check them and later push them back.

Even books in english on the Turks / Greeks during this time is limited, so the peroid is often overlooked by Western sources
Bon chance
S.B

[jwsleser]

Try to find a copy of A Concise History of the Campaign in Asia Minor by the Hellenic General Staff. A quick look through the book didn't show any chapters focused solely on logistics, but IIRC it does have some comments/statements throughout the narrative. It has been a few years since I read the book, so I can't comment how much is discussed. The Turkish officials for the same war have a lot of logistical information, and the Hellenic official histories of WW2 included a logistics volume.

Pista! Jeff

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[Kurt_S]

Thanks!

[stevebecker]

Cheers
You mat also find some thing in the writings of Arnold Toynbee
A British observer during this time with the Greek Army.
S.B

[domster]

There is a pretty good outline of the campaign in the Osprey book:
https://ospreypublishing.com/uk/armies- ... 472806840/
can't remember if there is any detail on logistics.
Dom.